Subject: ज़मींदार zamīndār noble

Culture: Rajput

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

Object: कटार kaṭār, jamadhar punch-dagger

* 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." ...

* Shah Jahan Armoury

* Dallas Museum of Art

"Qatar (dagger)

India: Mughal period, 18th-19th century

Steel blade, gold inlaid hilt" ...

* Shah Jahan Armoury

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

"Jamadhar (punch dagger), 1700s

India

Steel; gold

Weight: 1 lb. 2 oz." ...

* Cf.