Qatar (dagger)

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Qatar (dagger)
Qatar India Louvre 7546.jpg
Information
Weapon type: dagger
Designations: Kattar, Khuttar, Bundi - dagger
Use: weapon
Creation time: approx. 15th century
Working time: approx. 15th century - 19th century
Region of origin /
author: 		India
Distribution: India
Overall length: approx. 35 cm
Blade length: approx. 22 - 40 cm
Blade width: approx. 8 cm
Handle: metal
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The Qatar , also called Coutar , Katah , Koutah , Kutah , Kutar , Bundi Dagger or Jemdhar , is an Indian fist dagger . The origin is with the Rajputs , but the weapon is widespread in the Indian area.

description

The Qatar is unusual in that it has a horizontal handle , which makes the blade run as an extension of the forearm. Two steel struts run along both sides below the blade, which protect the forearm during a fight. The actual handle is usually formed by two round cross pieces. The blade is wedge-shaped with a double-sided edge and usually thickens at the tip. Due to the thickening point, rings of chain armor could be pierced and broken. But there are also specimens with unusual blades, e.g. B. with curved, with two smaller side by side or with needle-shaped blades. The blade lengths are usually between 20 cm and 45 cm. The pata is a similar weapon believed to have descended from Qatar.

use

Typically, a Qatar is used in hand-to-hand combat as it is well suited to piercing armor . It is an integral part of weapon training in the ancient Indian martial art Kalarippayat .

See also

literature

  • Wendelin Boeheim: Handbook of the armory. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden, ISBN 3-921695-95-3 .
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton: Indian and Oriental Armor. Courier Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9 .
  • E. Jaiwant Paul: Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India. Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-8174363404 .
  • B, -U.Abels: A contribution to the development of the Indian thrusting dagger, called Qatar or Jamdhar. Journal of Arms and Clothing History 2012, Issue 2, 145 - 158.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b E. Jaiwant Paul: Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India. Roli Books, 2005, pages 65-66, ISBN 978-8174363404 .

Web links

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