Card
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | knife |
| Designations: | Karud |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | approx. 16th century |
| Working time: | approx. 16th - 19th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
India |
| Distribution: | India, Persia , Turkey |
| Overall length: | approx. 36 - 46 cm |
| Blade length: | approx. 15 - 31 cm. |
| Handle: | Wood, horn, ivory, metal, jade, precious stones |
| Particularities: | The kard are usually ornately decorated. |
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The Kard (or Karud ; Persian کارد) is a 14th century Persian dagger that was used in India and Persia alike.
history
The Kard was a piece of equipment for the Indian army as early as the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1858). Because of its design it was used as an armored engraver. The Kard was still in use after the end of the Mughal Empire and is still used today.
description
The kard has a straight, single-edged blade that narrows towards the point ( location ). On some specimens, the tip is reinforced to pierce chain mail. There is a small ledge on the underside of the blade because the blade is slightly wider than the handle. The handle ( handle ) has no guard and no pommel. The handle is made of wood, horn, ivory , jade , etc. The scabbards are made of wood that can be covered with leather or metal. The card is richly decorated in some versions. The blade is often filigree gold-plated or inlaid. The fittings of the scabbard are often made openwork or decorated with metal embossing.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kard on the website of the Royal Armories / Leeds, available online, (English, accessed on July 30, 2011) ( Memento from August 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
See also
literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint).
- E. Jaiwant Paul, Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India , Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4 .
- Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton: Indian and Oriental Armor , Courier Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9 (reprint).
- William Irvine: The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration. READ BOOKS publishing house, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4437-7378-2 (reprint).
