Qatar (curved blade)

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Qatar (curved blade)
Dagger (Qatar) MET 36.25.933 001july2014.jpg
Qatar with a curved blade in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory number 36.25.933
Information
Weapon type: dagger
Designations: Qatar
Use: weapon
Region of origin /
author: 		India , warrior box in India
Distribution: India
Overall length: about 28 cm
Blade length: about 14 cm
Handle: metal
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The Qatar (curved blade) , (also Coutar , Katah , Koutah , Kutah , Kutar or Bundi dagger ) is a dagger from India.

description

The Qatar (curved blade) has a double-edged, curved blade . The blade becomes narrower from the handle to the location and has a strong central ridge. It is slightly curved in the local area. The booklet is designed in the shape customary for Qatar . The curved blade is a rare version of the Qatar. It is used by warrior caste in India.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inventory number 36.25.933 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. ^ 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, pp. 344-347, ISBN 978-0-486 -40726-5

literature

  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton, Indian and Oriental Armor, Courier Dover Publications, 2002, pp. 102, 109, 116, 164, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9
  • William Irvine, The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration , Verlag READ BOOKS, 2008, pp. 85, 86, ISBN 978-1-4437-7378-2

Web links

Commons : Qatar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Daggers  - collection of images, videos and audio files