The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c10.s5.13

c10.s5.13

*Sailābah-i-Qalmāqī* was the name for the knife used by the men from Kāshghar; it was as long as a sword, had a handle made of a fish-bone called *sher-māhī* (lion-fish), and was worn slung from a shoulder belt, Ashob, fol. 172b, 178b.