Peshkabz
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, Bone
Measurements
40 mm (Width); 420 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328966
Summary
Knife, dagger; Pesh Kabz, dagger used in Persia and Northern India for piercing chain mail. Narrow and tapering blade. Bone handle riveted to tang with a pierced metal knob on the end. Gold patterned decoration on metal of handle and running onto top edges of blade.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.