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Dagger (peshkabs) and scabbard

RCIN 62465

This dagger is a peshkabs, a type of blade originating in Iran whose use later spread to Afghanistan and India. The narrow pointed blade is designed to penetrate chain mail. 

In the collection of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

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