Subject: ghorchurra sardar armored cavalry
Culture: Sikh Punjabi
Setting: founding of the Sikh empire, Punjab 1799-1819
Object: armor
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Helmet (top) Indian, Lahore, late 18th century Indian helmets were fitted with padded linings, usually covered with velvet or silk. These rarely survive. This is one of a small group of helmets only found in the Panjab, made in the form of a Sikh turban. This one retains its original quilted lining covered with crimson red velvet and an aventail of fine butted mail." ...
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Helmet (top) Indian, Lahore, late 18th century Indian helmets were fitted with padded linings, usually covered with velvet or silk. These rarely survive. This is one of a small group of helmets only found in the Panjab, made in the form of a Sikh turban. This one retains its original quilted lining covered with crimson red velvet and an aventail of fine butted mail." ...
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National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts & History > What's In Store? *
"HELMET, iron inlaid with gold SIalkot, Pakistan, formerly in the Punjab" ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Cuirass (chahar a'ineh) Indian, Lahore, 18th century The four rectangular plates that comprise this chahar a'ineh are decorated with broad bands of gold koftgari. The two smaller plates are cut away to fit under the arms. The plates are lined with quilted fabric and fastened together with fabric straps. By tradition they were the property of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839)." ...
