Dsulfiquar Tegha
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| Weapon type: | saber |
| Designations: | Dsulfiquar Tegha |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior box in India |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 69 cm to about 74 cm |
| Blade length: | about 56 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal, fabrics, leather |
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The Dsulfiquar Tegha is a saber from India.
description
The Dsulfiquar Tegha has a double-edged, heavy, strongly curved blade. The blade widens slightly from the handle to the location . In place, the blade is divided into two points by an incision. The sword of Mohammed "Dsulfiquar" ( Arabic ذو الفقار, DMG Dhū l-Fiqār ) or Zulfiqar, Zolfaqar, Dsulfikar, Dsulfakar. There are some sword forms in the Muslim world that were worked in this way (see, among others, Dsulfiquar Shamshir ). A blade back edge is worked out continuously from place to handle. The handle is made in the shape typical of the Khanda and Tegha . There is a curved spike on the pommel, rounded at the end. The Tegha are considered the national weapon of the Indian province of Orissa . He is a version of the Tegha. This saber is used by the warrior castes in India.
literature
- Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton: Indian and Oriental Armor. Courier Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, p. 117, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9
- E. Jaiwant Paul: Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India. Verlag Roli Books, 2005, p. 46, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4
- Nick Evangelista : The encyclopedia of the sword. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, pp. 645, ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dsulfiquar Tegha at Oriental Arms ( Memento from November 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Dsuliquar Tegha at Akaal Arms ( Memento from June 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Mohamed Taher, Encyclopaedic survey of Islamic culture , Verlag Anmol Publications PVT. LTD., 1997, page 33, ISBN 978-81-7488-487-9