Subject: ज़मींदार zamīndār noble

Culture: Rajput

Setting: Maratha wars / late Mughal empire, Hindustan 18th-early 19thc

Object: कटार kaṭār, jamadhar punch-dagger

Oriental Arms *

* Shah Jahan Armoury

Shah Jahan Armoury *

* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World

"Jamadhar (punch dagger) for a child, perhaps 1700s Northern India Steel; iron; gold; brass Weight 6 oz." ...

"Jamadhar (punch dagger), perhaps 1700s Northern India Wootz steel; gold; iron Weight: 1lb. 8 oz." ...

Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World *

"Jamadhar (punch dagger), 1700s India Steel; gold Weight: 1 lb. 2 oz." ...

* Shah Jahan Armoury

Dallas Museum of Art > Owsley Gallery of South Asian Art *

"Qatar (dagger) India: Mughal period, 18th-19th century Steel blade, gold inlaid hilt" ...

Leeds City Museum > Collector's Cabinet *

"Two daggers (Katars) Indian, late 19th century Steel with gilt inlay"

* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery

"Dagger (katar) Indian, Rajasthan, dated 1850

The blade on this katar has a small elephant's head chiselled on both sides.

The blade is inscribed in Hindi the dagger of Rajah Ram Sing of Bundi,

the Raja of Rajahs, year 1907 (Vikrama era)." ...

Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *

"Dagger (katar) Indian, Rajasthan, early 19th century

The red velvet covered scabbard has gilded mounts.

The blade, the centre of which is pierced, chiselled and gilt,

has a swollen armour-piercing tip. The elaborate hilt is also finely gilt." ...

* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery

"Dagger (katar) North Indian, 18th century

This dagger has a double-edged blade and a reinforced point

and a metal ridge within a recessed panel flanked by fullers,

and with a lotus bud at the base." ...

* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery

"Dagger (katar) Indian, Mughal, 17th century

Already an old weapon at the time of the mutiny,

this dagger has seen much use and is slightly damaged." ...

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