AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2025 NOVEMBER
Lot 214:
Description
A rare example, with fine elephant grips, the guard with elaborate gold inlay. The fine, long, broad blade of shallow curvature with complex fullering to each side, forged of fine Persian black wootz and retaining considerable original edge, inscribed with a lengthy Quranic cartouche at the right forte bordered in gold inlay, with a pair of cartouches at the left forte, the upper reading, O JUDGE OF NEEDS, the lower chiseled with the famous lion-symbol of Assad Allah with the number 14. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with steel suspension bands and chape. The appearance of the number 14 on Shi’ite weapons refers to the 14 Infallibles, including the Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, and the 12 imams who followed him. Overall length 92cm/ 36 ¼ inches. Condition II
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