12/2/2024

Now posing in the classic style found on the flag of Saudi Arabia and often found in the homes and palaces of the wealthy sheikhs of the 19th century. A classic Arabian peninsula saif mounted in gold with an exceptionally long wootz blade in superb condition.

These classic Arabian swords are associated with the tribal royalty of the House of Saud and the other royal houses of the Arabian peninsular coast such as the Bahraini royal family. They have a classically known form, which this sword represents as an apex of the form. Often found with low quality European blades and, if mounted in gold, often poorly worked gold sheet, this example distinguishes itself by the quality of the gold work and the wootz, or watered steel, blade.

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Fine 18th C. Indian Mughal Katar Dagger of Rare Form, wootz watered steel blade

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