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Dagger
(خنجر)

Title	Dagger
Title Original	خنجر
Publication Date:	Approximately 1500 AD
Publication Place	- Art History Museum
Subject	Gold damask, smooth, copper gilded
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الخنجر : الطول : 28.7 سم ، العرض : 3.5 سم ، العمق : 2.3 سم الغمد : الطول : 22 سم ، العرض : 3.2 سم ، العمق : 2.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	HJRK_C_88
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus22;19;ar
Library Location	Art History Museum
Date	Approximately 1500 AD
Notes	This dagger is a Dewanturk dagger that is placed on the chest. In the Ottoman court, luxurious souvenir weapons were placed by high-ranking people in the court at council meetings held in the presence of the Sultan. The fine workmanship indicates that the artist who made it is Persian. In 1874, the weapon was presented to Emperor Franz Joseph (1830 - 1916 AD) by Dr. Ottokar Freiherr von Schlichta the Great, director of the Oriental Academy and chief translator of the Inter-Uniter of the Ottoman Sublime Porte.
Sample Text	"Dagger" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;19;ar

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Dagger

(خنجر)

Publication Date Approximately 1500 AD

Publication Place - Art History Museum

Subject Gold damask, smooth, copper gilded

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الخنجر : الطول : 28.7 سم ، العرض : 3.5 سم ، العمق : 2.3 سم الغمد : الطول : 22 سم ، العرض : 3.2 سم ، العمق : 2.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID HJRK_C_88

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus22;19;ar

Library Location Art History Museum

Date Approximately 1500 AD

Notes This dagger is a Dewanturk dagger that is placed on the chest. In the Ottoman court, luxurious souvenir weapons were placed by high-ranking people in the court at council meetings held in the presence of the Sultan. The fine workmanship indicates that the artist who made it is Persian. In 1874, the weapon was presented to Emperor Franz Joseph (1830 - 1916 AD) by Dr. Ottokar Freiherr von Schlichta the Great, director of the Oriental Academy and chief translator of the Inter-Uniter of the Ottoman Sublime Porte.

Sample Text "Dagger" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;19;ar