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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about a type of sword. For other uses, see <a href="Talwar_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Talwar (disambiguation)">Talwar (disambiguation)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hproduct" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="fn org"> Talwar </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Typical 18th-century talwar, with iron disc hilt and knucklebow, and a fullered blade.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Sword" title="Sword">Sword</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Production history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Produced</th><td class="infobox-data">Early types from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1300, the classic form from c. 1500 to present (mostly within the <a href="Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="Blade" title="Blade">Blade</a> type</th><td class="infobox-data">Single-edged, curved bladed, pointed tip.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="Hilt" title="Hilt">Hilt</a> type</th><td class="infobox-data">Unique Indian "disc hilt"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="Scabbard" title="Scabbard">Scabbard</a>/<a href="Scabbard" title="Scabbard">sheath</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Leather- or cloth-covered wood and same with metal mounts, all metal- and leather-covered metal</td></tr></tbody></table>

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</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hns-Latn-fonipa">[t̪əlʋaːr]</span>), also spelled <b>talwaar</b> and <b>tulwar</b>, is a type of curved sword or <a href="Sabre" title="Sabre">sabre</a> from the <a href="Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Swords_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swords-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_classification">Etymology and classification</h2></div>

<p>The word <i>talwar</i> originated from the <a href="Sanskrit_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit Language">Sanskrit</a> word <i>taravāri</i> (<a href="Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">तरवारि</span>) which means "one-edged sword".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the word for <i>sword</i> in several related languages, such as <a href="Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani</a> (<a href="Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and <a href="Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>), <a href="Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, <a href="Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <a href="Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, etc. and as <span title="Bengali-language text"><i lang="bn">toloar</i></span> (<span title="Bengali-language text"><span lang="bn" style="font-style: normal;">talōẏāra</span></span>) in <a href="Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Like many swords from around the world with an etymology derived from a term meaning simply 'sword', the talwar has in scholarship, and in museum and collector usage, acquired a more specific meaning. However, South Asian swords, while showing a rich diversity of forms, suffer from relatively poor dating (so developmental history is obscure) and a lack of precise nomenclature and classification. The typical talwar is a type of sabre, characterised by a curved blade (without the radical curve of some Persian swords), possessing an all-metal hilt with integral quillons and a disc-shaped pommel. This type of hilt is sometimes called the 'Indo-Muslim hilt', or 'standard Indian hilt'. Talwars possessing only slightly curved blades can be called <i>sirohi</i>. However, many other variations exist. Swords with straight blades and the disc-pommel hilt are usually referred to as 'straight-bladed talwars' (though the word <i>dhup</i> is also used), while those with the same hilt but <a href="Yatagan" title="Yatagan">yatagan</a>-type forward-curved blades are termed 'sosun patta'. Swords with sabre-blades and all metal Indo-Muslim hilts, but having the pommel in the shape of the head of an animal or bird, instead of the disc, are termed talwar, without being differentiated by name.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995plate_facing_p._32,_pp._46-47,_77_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995plate_facing_p._32,_pp._46-47,_77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>The talwar belongs to the same family of curved swords as the Persian <a href="Shamshir" title="Shamshir">shamshir</a>, the Turkish <a href="Kilij" title="Kilij">kilij</a>, Arabian <a href="Arab_sword" title="Arab sword">saif</a> and the Afghan <a href="Pulwar" title="Pulwar">pulwar</a>, all such swords being originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicolle2007175_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicolle2007175-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The talwar typically does not have as radical a curve as the shamshir and only a very small minority have the expanded, stepped yelman (a sharp back edge on the distal third of the blade) typical of the kilij.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull1991176_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull1991176-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStone1934Fig._770._The_illustration_shows_6_talwar,_only_1_of_which_has_a_Turkish-style_yelman_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStone1934Fig._770._The_illustration_shows_6_talwar,_only_1_of_which_has_a_Turkish-style_yelman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The talwar has a distinctive, all-metal, Indo-Muslim hilt, developed in Medieval western India.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199537_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199537-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The increasing influence in India of Turco-Afghan, and later Turco-Mongol, dynasties (employing Persian and Central Asian arms) in the Late Medieval and subsequent eras led to ever greater use of sabre-like, curved swords. By Mughal times, the talwar had become the most popular form of sword in the Subcontinent. The talwar was the product of the marriage of the curved blade derived from Turco-Mongol and Persian swords and the native all-metal Indo-Muslim hilt.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199536–37,_46_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199536–37,_46-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2></div>

<p>The talwar was produced in many varieties, with different types of blades. Some blades are very unusual, from those with double-pointed tips (<a href="Zulfiqar" title="Zulfiqar">zulfiqar</a>) to those with massive blades (sometimes called tegha – often deemed to be executioner's swords but on little evidence). However, all such blades are curved, and the vast majority of talwars have blades more typical of a generalised <a href="Sabre" title="Sabre">sabre</a>. As noted above, swords with blades other than curved sabre-blades, or possessing hilts radically different from the Indo-Muslim type are usually differentiated by name, though usage is not entirely consistent.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStone1934see_entries_Talwar_and_Tegha_(the_glossary_is_alphabetical)_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStone1934see_entries_Talwar_and_Tegha_(the_glossary_is_alphabetical)-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Many examples of the talwar exhibit an increased curvature in the distal half of the blade, compared to the curvature nearer the hilt. Also relatively common is a widening of the blade near the tip (often without the distinct step [latchet] to the back of the blade, characteristic of the yelman of the kilij). The blade profile of the British <a href="Pattern_1796_light_cavalry_sabre" title="Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre">Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre</a> is similar to some examples of the talwar, and it has been suggested that the talwar may have contributed to the design of the British sabre.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobson197523_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobson197523-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>A typical talwar has a wider blade than the <a href="Shamshir" title="Shamshir">shamshir</a>. Late examples often had European-made blades, set into distinctive Indian-made hilts. The hilt of the typical talwar, is of the Indo-Muslim type, and is often termed a "disc hilt" from the prominent disc-shaped flange surrounding the <a href="Hilt#Pommel" title="Hilt">pommel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pommel often has a short spike projecting from its centre, sometimes pierced for a cord to secure the sword to the wrist. The hilt incorporates a simple cross-guard which frequently has a slender knucklebow attached.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hilt is usually entirely of iron, though brass and silver hilts are found, and is connected to the tang of the blade by a very powerful adhesive resin. This resin, or <i>lac</i>, is derived from the <a href="Ficus_religiosa" title="Ficus religiosa">peepal tree</a>, it is softened by heating and, when cooled, it sets solidly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More ornate examples of the talwar often show silver or gold plated decoration in a form called <i>koftgari</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Talwars of princely status can have hilts of gold, profusely set with precious stones, one such, preserved at the Baroda Palace Armoury, is decorated with 275 diamonds and an emerald.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995116–117_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995116–117-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>The talwar was used by both <a href="Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> and <a href="Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a>. The grip of the talwar is cramped and the prominent disc of the pommel presses into the wrist if attempts are made to use it to cut like a conventional sabre. These features of the talwar hilt result in the hand having a very secure and rather inflexible hold on the weapon, enforcing the use of variations on the very effective "draw cut". The fact that the talwar does not have the kind of radical curve of the shamshir indicates that it could be used for thrusting as well as cutting purposes. The blades of some examples of the talwar widen towards the tip. This increases the momentum of the distal portion of the blade when used to cut; when a blow was struck by a skilled warrior, limbs could be amputated and persons decapitated.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of this attribute, the talwar was also used for <a href="Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">executions</a> in some regions. The spike attached to the pommel could be used for striking the opponent in extreme close quarter circumstances when it was not always possible to use the blade. Due to the presence of a blunted <a href="Ricasso" title="Ricasso">ricasso</a> the talwar can be held with the fore-finger wrapped around the lower <a href="Quillon" class="mw-redirect" title="Quillon">quillon</a> of the cross guard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199546_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199546-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="gallerytext">Talwar hilt without knuckle bow, with extensive silver koftgari decoration</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Talwar hilt with knuckle bow, 19th century, silver koftgari decoration, damascus steel blade.</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Typical talwar with plain sabre-blade</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Talwar, 19th century, 23 inch long blade, typical style steel handle finely decorated with silver koftgari inlay work.</div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Bhimsen_Thapa" title="Bhimsen Thapa">Bhimsen Thapa</a>, Mukhtiyar of Nepal (1806–1837), holding a talwar</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Rajput soldiers holding talwars, from a series in the Illustrated London News celebrating the Royal Visit to India in early 1876.</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Indian warriors fighting with talwars, 17th century</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">An Indian prince with talwar in the 1870s</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Indian soldier holding a talwar, 1850</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Photograph (<a href="Hand-colouring_of_photographs" title="Hand-colouring of photographs">hand-coloured</a>), original dated 1898, of the high executioner of the former princely state of <a href="Rewa_(princely_state)" title="Rewa (princely state)">Rewah</a>, central India, with large Tegha sword.</div>

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<ul><li><a href="Firangi_(sword)" title="Firangi (sword)">Firangi</a></li>

<li><a href="Khanda_(sword)" title="Khanda (sword)">Khanda</a></li>

<li><a href="Kukri" title="Kukri">Kukri</a></li>

<li><a href="Mughal_weapons" title="Mughal weapons">Mughal weapons</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENicolle2007175-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicolle2007175_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNicolle2007">Nicolle 2007</a>, p. 175.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199536–37,_46-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199536–37,_46_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaiwant_Paul1995">Jaiwant Paul 1995</a>, pp. 36–37, 46.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStone1934see_entries_Talwar_and_Tegha_(the_glossary_is_alphabetical)-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStone1934see_entries_Talwar_and_Tegha_(the_glossary_is_alphabetical)_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStone1934">Stone 1934</a>, see entries Talwar and Tegha (the glossary is alphabetical).</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERobson197523-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobson197523_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRobson1975">Robson 1975</a>, p. 23.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvangelistaGaugler1995575_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEvangelistaGaugler1995">Evangelista & Gaugler 1995</a>, p. 575.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995118_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaiwant_Paul1995">Jaiwant Paul 1995</a>, p. 118.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995116–117-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul1995116–117_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaiwant_Paul1995">Jaiwant Paul 1995</a>, pp. 116–117.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFNolan1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Louis_Nolan" title="Louis Nolan">Nolan, L.E.</a> (1995) [1853]. <i>Cavalry: Its History and Tactics</i> (Pallas Armata facsimile reprint ed.). Bosworth.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199546-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaiwant_Paul199546_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaiwant_Paul1995">Jaiwant Paul 1995</a>, p. 46.</span>

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</ol></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFBull1991" class="citation book cs1">Bull, Stephen (1991). <i>An Historical Guide to Arms and Armour</i>. London: Studio Editions. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-85170-723-9</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFEvangelistaGaugler1995" class="citation book cs1">Evangelista, Nick and Gaugler, W.M. (1995). <i>The Encyclopedia of the Sword</i>. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-313-27896-2</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFJaiwant_Paul1995" class="citation book cs1">Jaiwant Paul, E. (1995). <i>By My Sword and Shield: Traditional Weapons of the Indian Warrior</i>. New Delhi: Roli Books. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>81-7436-014-X</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFNicolle2007" class="citation book cs1">Nicolle, David (2007). <i>Crusader Warfare: Muslims, Mongols and the struggle against the Crusades</i>. London: Hambledon Continuum.</cite> <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84725-146-3</bdi>, <bdi>978-1-84725-146-6</bdi></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFRobson1975" class="citation book cs1">Robson, B. (1975). <i>Swords of the British Army</i>. Arms and Armour Press.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFStone1934" class="citation book cs1">Stone, George Cameron (1934). <i>A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor</i>. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFSonali,_article_shared_by2014" class="citation web cs1">Sonali, article shared by (29 November 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/rising-of-independent-states-during-14th-and-15th-centuries/2756">"Rising of Independent States during 14th and 15th Centuries"</a>. <i>History Discussion</i>.</cite> </li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFHaider1991" class="citation book cs1">Haider, Syed Zafar (1991). <i>Islamic Arms and Armour of Muslim India</i>. Lahore: Bahadur Publishers.</cite> <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-9-69812-300-0</bdi>, <bdi>9-69812-300-8</bdi></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Swordsmanship" title="Swordsmanship">Swordsmanship</a></li>

<li><a href="Classification_of_swords#Edgeless_and_Thrusting_swords" title="Classification of swords">Thrusting swords (Edgeless)</a></li>

<li><a href="Classification_of_swords#Single-edge_and_Curved_swords" title="Classification of swords">Curved swords (Single-edge)</a></li>

<li><a href="Classification_of_swords#Double-edge_and_straight_swords" title="Classification of swords">Straight swords (Double-edge)</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Bronze_Age_sword" title="Bronze Age sword">Bronze Age sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Khopesh" title="Khopesh">Khopesh</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">Ancient period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Iron_Age_sword" title="Iron Age sword">Iron Age sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Harpe" title="Harpe">Harpe</a></li>

<li><a href="Gladius" title="Gladius">Gladius</a></li>

<li><a href="Xiphos" title="Xiphos">Xiphos</a></li>

<li><a href="Kopis" title="Kopis">Kopis</a>/<a href="Falcata" title="Falcata">Falcata</a></li>

<li><a href="Makhaira" title="Makhaira">Makhaira</a></li>

<li><a href="Spatha" title="Spatha">Spatha</a></li>

<li><a href="Rhomphaia" title="Rhomphaia">Rhomphaia</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Migration_Period_sword" title="Migration Period sword">Migration Period sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Viking_sword" title="Viking sword">Viking sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Knightly_sword" title="Knightly sword">Arming sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Longsword" title="Longsword">Longsword</a></li>

<li><a href="Claymore" title="Claymore">Claymore</a></li>

<li><a href="Falchion" title="Falchion">Falchion</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">Early modern period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Zweih%C3%A4nder" title="Zweihänder">Zweihänder</a></li>

<li><a href="Spada_da_lato" title="Spada da lato">Spada da lato</a></li>

<li><a href="Katzbalger" title="Katzbalger">Katzbalger</a></li>

<li><a href="Cinquedea" title="Cinquedea">Cinquedea</a></li>

<li><a href="Estoc" title="Estoc">Estoc</a></li>

<li><a href="Espada_ropera" class="mw-redirect" title="Espada ropera">Espada ropera</a></li>

<li><a href="Swiss_degen" title="Swiss degen">Swiss degen</a></li>

<li><a href="Colhona" class="mw-redirect" title="Colhona">Colhona</a></li>

<li><a href="Karabela" title="Karabela">Karabela</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Rapier" title="Rapier">Rapier</a></li>

<li><a href="Sabre" title="Sabre">Sabre</a></li>

<li><a href="Cutlass" title="Cutlass">Cutlass</a></li>

<li><a href="Basket-hilted_sword" title="Basket-hilted sword">Basket-hilted sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Small_sword" title="Small sword">Small sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Hunting_sword" title="Hunting sword">Hunting sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Pistol_sword" title="Pistol sword">Pistol sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Shashka" title="Shashka">Shashka</a></li>

<li><a href="Spadroon" title="Spadroon">Spadroon</a></li>

<li><a href="Sword_bayonet" title="Sword bayonet">Sword bayonet</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chinese_sword" title="Chinese sword">China</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Hook_sword" title="Hook sword">Hook sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Zhanmadao" title="Zhanmadao">Zhanmadao</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ming – Qing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Liuyedao" title="Liuyedao">Liuyedao</a></li>

<li><a href="Wodao" title="Wodao">Wodao</a></li>

<li><a href="Changdao" title="Changdao">Changdao</a></li>

<li><a href="Yanmaodao" title="Yanmaodao">Yanmaodao</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Dao_(Chinese_sword)" title="Dao (Chinese sword)">Dadao</a></li>

<li><a href="Miaodao" title="Miaodao">Miaodao</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Korean_sword" title="Korean sword">Korea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bronze Age – Gojoseon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Liaoning_bronze_dagger_culture" title="Liaoning bronze dagger culture">Liaoning bronze dagger</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Iron Age – Three Kingdom Era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Hwandudaedo" title="Hwandudaedo">Hwandudaedo</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Goryeo and Joseon era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bonguk_geom" title="Bonguk geom">Bonguk geom</a></li>

<li>Wungeom</li>

<li>Four Tiger Sword</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Japanese_sword" title="Japanese sword">Japan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Yayoi – Nara periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Chokut%C5%8D" title="Chokutō">Chokutō</a></li>

<li><a href="Tsurugi_(sword)" title="Tsurugi (sword)">Tsurugi</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heian – Kamakura periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Tachi" title="Tachi">Tachi</a></li>

<li><a href="%C5%8Cdachi" title="Ōdachi">Ōdachi</a></li>

<li><a href="Kodachi" title="Kodachi">Kodachi</a></li>

<li><a href="Nagamaki" title="Nagamaki">Nagamaki</a></li>

<li><a href="Tant%C5%8D" title="Tantō">Tantō</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Muromachi – Edo periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Wakizashi" title="Wakizashi">Wakizashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Katana" title="Katana">Katana</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Meiji period and beyond</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Gunt%C5%8D" title="Guntō">Guntō</a></li>

<li><a href="Iait%C5%8D" title="Iaitō">Iaitō</a></li>

<li><a href="Ninjat%C5%8D" title="Ninjatō">Ninjatō</a></li>

<li><a href="Shikomizue" class="mw-redirect" title="Shikomizue">Shikomizue</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Indian_sword" title="Indian sword">India</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Khanda_(sword)" title="Khanda (sword)">Khanda</a></li>

<li><a href="Urumi" title="Urumi">Urumi</a></li>

<li><a href="Aruval" title="Aruval">Aruval</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval and modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Firangi_(sword)" title="Firangi (sword)">Firangi</a></li>

<li><a href="Kastane" title="Kastane">Kastane</a></li>

<li><a href="Pulwar" title="Pulwar">Pulwar</a></li>

<li><a href="Kayamkulam_vaal" title="Kayamkulam vaal">Kayamkulam vaal</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western and<br>Central Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prehistory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bronze_Age_sword" title="Bronze Age sword">Bronze Age sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Khopesh" title="Khopesh">Khopesh</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Iron_Age_sword" title="Iron Age sword">Iron Age sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Acinaces" title="Acinaces">Acinaces</a></li>

<li>Parthian Long Sword</li>

<li><a href="Xiphos" title="Xiphos">Xiphos</a></li>

<li><a href="Kopis" title="Kopis">Kopis</a>/<a href="Falcata" title="Falcata">Falcata</a></li>

<li>Sasanian Sword</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Arab_sword" title="Arab sword">Arab sword</a></li>

<li><a href="Scimitar" title="Scimitar">Scimitar</a></li>

<li><a href="Shamshir" title="Shamshir">Shamshir</a></li>

<li><a href="Kilij" title="Kilij">Kilij</a></li>

<li><a href="Turko-Mongol_sabers" class="mw-redirect" title="Turko-Mongol sabers">Turko-Mongol sabre</a></li>

<li><a href="Yatagan" title="Yatagan">Yatagan</a></li>

<li><a href="Mameluke_sword" title="Mameluke sword">Mameluke sword</a></li></ul>

<li><a href="Kindjal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kindjal">Kindjal</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indonesia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Mandau_(knife)" title="Mandau (knife)">Mandau</a></li>

<li><a href="Niabor" title="Niabor">Niabor</a></li>

<li><a href="Parang_(knife)" title="Parang (knife)">Parang</a></li>

<li><a href="Balato_(sword)" title="Balato (sword)">Balato</a></li>

<li><a href="Surik_(sword)" title="Surik (sword)">Surik</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Late period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Keris_bahari" title="Keris bahari">Keris bahari</a></li>

<li><a href="Klewang" title="Klewang">Klewang</a></li>

<li><a href="Kalis" title="Kalis">Sundang</a></li>

<li><a href="Langgai_tinggang" title="Langgai tinggang">Langgai tinggang</a></li>

<li><a href="Parang_nabur" title="Parang nabur">Parang nabur</a></li>

<li><a href="Sikin_Panjang" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikin Panjang">Sikin Panjang</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philippines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-colonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Balasiong" title="Balasiong">Balasiong</a></li>

<li><a href="Bangkung" title="Bangkung">Bangkung</a></li>

<li><a href="Banyal" title="Banyal">Banyal</a></li>

<li><a href="Barong_(sword)" title="Barong (sword)">Barong</a></li>

<li><a href="Batangas_sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Batangas sword">Batangas</a></li>

<li><a href="Bicuco" title="Bicuco">Bicuco</a></li>

<li><a href="Dahong_palay" title="Dahong palay">Dahong palay</a></li>

<li><a href="Gayang" title="Gayang">Gayang</a></li>

<li>Ginunting</li>

<li><a href="Golok" title="Golok">Gulok</a></li>

<li><a href="Kampilan" title="Kampilan">Kampilan</a></li>

<li><a href="Kalis" title="Kalis">Kalis</a></li>

<li><a href="Karambit" title="Karambit">Karambit</a></li>

<li><a href="Lahot" title="Lahot">Lahot</a></li>

<li><a href="Laring" title="Laring">Laring</a></li>

<li><a href="Panabas" title="Panabas">Panabas</a></li>

<li><a href="Parang_(knife)" title="Parang (knife)">Parang</a></li>

<li><a href="Pirah" title="Pirah">Pirah</a></li>

<li><a href="Pinuti" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinuti">Pinuti</a></li>

<li>Sanduko (Binangon)</li>

<li>Sansibar</li>

<li><a href="Sundang" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundang">Sundang</a></li>

<li><a href="Susuwat" title="Susuwat">Susuwat</a></li>

<li><a href="Talibong" title="Talibong">Talibong</a> (Garab)</li>

<li>Wasay</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonial era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Balisword" title="Balisword">Balisword</a></li>

<li>Espada y daga</li>

<li>Hagibis</li>

<li>Tenegre</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mainland<br>Southeast Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classic stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-Classic stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Krabi%E2%80%93krabong" title="Krabi–krabong">Krabi–krabong</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cambodia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Preah_Khan_Reach" title="Preah Khan Reach">Preah Khan Reach</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Thailand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Phra_Saeng_Khan_Chai_Si" class="mw-redirect" title="Phra Saeng Khan Chai Si">Phra Saeng Khan Chai Si</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mesoamerica</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Pre-Columbian_era17" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-Columbian era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Macuahuitl" title="Macuahuitl">Macuahuitl</a></li>

<li><a href="Macana" title="Macana">Macana</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient Egypt</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Khopesh" title="Khopesh">Khopesh</a></li>

<li><a href="Acinaces" title="Acinaces">Acinaces</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mainland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Kaskara" title="Kaskara">Kaskara</a></li>

<li><a href="Nimcha" title="Nimcha">Nimcha</a></li>

<li><a href="Flyssa" title="Flyssa">Flyssa</a></li>

<li><a href="Shotel" title="Shotel">Shotel</a></li>

<li><a href="Billao" title="Billao">Billao</a></li>

<li><a href="Takoba" title="Takoba">Takoba</a></li></ul>

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