The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c17.10
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c17.10
- Language
- English
c17.10
*Swordplay.* The swordsmen were exceedingly skilful and active; their attack and defence being accompanied by the wildest gestures, the most extraordinary leaps, and elaborate feints of every sort. Something of this may still be seen at any Muḥarram festival, where the most complicated evolutions and sweeping circular cuts are made with the straight gauntlet sword or *paṭṭā*.