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Sword with scabbard
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Straight swords were typical of those used among military and aristocratic circles in the southern regions of the Deccan, in contrast to the curved swords favored by Central Asian equestrians. Increased contact between the Mughal north and the Deccan south during the 1600s led to the appearance of the Deccan-style sword in courtly portraits made during the time of Jahangir and Shah Jahan, and later.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSword with scabbard, 1700s–1800s. India, perhaps Deccan. Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads; overall: 99 cm (39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright, 1930.706
