Pesh-Kabz
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | knife |
| Designations: | Peshcubz, Peshqabz |
| Use: | Weapon, traditional weapon |
| Creation time: | approx. 14th century |
| Working time: | 14.-19. Century |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , Mughal Empire |
| Distribution: | India, Persia |
| Overall length: | approx. 36-40 cm |
| Blade length: | approx. 28 cm |
| Handle: | Metal, wood, ivory , jade , glass, precious stones |
| Particularities: | In some versions, the tip is designed so that it can penetrate chain mail ( mail piercing ). |
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The Pesh-Kabz (or Peshcubz , Peshqabz ) is a Persian and Indian dagger from the 14th century.
history
The Pesh-Kabz was created around the time of the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1858) in India or Persia . Even after the end of the Mughal Empire, it continued to be used.
description
The Pesh-Kabz is available in different versions. It has either a straight or curved blade . The straight blade is wide at the handle and tapers thin and pointed towards the point (location). With the curved blades, the blade slowly tapers to a point and is slightly curved upwards. The blade is T-shaped in cross-section (reinforced back), which gives it greater stability. Some examples have a very fine point, others less so and are designed so that they can be used to pierce chain mail . The blades are smooth and most of them are not hollow ground (wrongly blood groove ). The handles ( booklet ) have no guard and no pommel . Various materials such as walrus ivory (pers. Shirmani), wood, horn, bone or even precious stones are used for the handle . The scabbards are made of wood or metal, in the case of precious designs also made of silver or jade and often covered with velvet . The total length of the Pesh-Kabz is about 40 centimeters.
See also
literature
- Indian Museum, Indian and Oriental Arms and Armor , Courier Dover Publications, 2002, ISBN 9780486422299
- 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
- Diagram Group, The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to the 21st Century , St. Martin's Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-36832-6
- Edward Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of eastern and southern Asia, Volume 3 , B. Quaritch, 1885, original from the University of Michigan
