Al-Tusi, a universal scholar, and perhaps the most prolific author of the Islamic world, is best known in the history of science for his recensions of early Arabic translations of Greek works on astronomy and mathematics, various independent documents on aspects of theoretical and practical astronomy and mathematics, and this manuscript, the Persian scientific manuscript, the Zij-i Ilkhani.Highlighting the Arms, Armour and Militaria section of the sale – one of the largest ever offered in a sale of Islamic Art – will be an important blade which once belonged to the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.The steel Firangi blade with the personal Shah Jahan inscription was inscribed in India and is dated AH 1055 (AD 1645-1646 /25th Regnal Year / AD 1653) and is estimated at £30,000-40,000.In the Mughal court and much of princely India from the late-16th century it was customary to wear two swords at the same time: one sword, worn at the waist, was termed kamr shamshir (Persian) or 'belt sword' and the other sword was the asa shamshir (Persian), otherwise known in the Deccan as a Dhup (Marathi) or 'staff sword', which had long, straight, imported European blades and a khanda or basket hilt, such as the offered lot.The Mughals adopted the asa shamshir from the Deccan in the 16th century and Firangi swords of the type owned by the Mughal Emperors were in general use across princely India.
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