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A Sudanese KaskaraDated 1320 A.H. Corresponding To 1902 A.D.
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £8,125 inc. premium
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Dated 1320 A.H. Corresponding To 1902 A.D.
Dated 1320 A.H. Corresponding To 1902 A.D.
With broad double-edged blade (some pitting) dated and etched 'Help is from God and Victory is close' and 'Give the good news to the faithful' in naskh within a rectangular panel along one side, and 'The King, the Sultan Ali Dinar son of Sultan Zakariya, son of the Sultan Muhammod al-Fadl son of ... Sultan al-Rashid son of al-Sultan' along the other, the forte with central fuller on each side, characteristic hilt comprising brass cross-guard of diamond section swelling towards the tips, tapering triangular langets, silver-covered grip embossed with a pinecone design, and flat circular pommel with punched decoration and surmounted by a cone-shaped button, in its tooled leather scabbard with characteristic swelling, brass rings for suspension, tooled leather suspension strap, and plaited and twisted leather tassels
90.3 cm. blade
90.3 cm. blade
Footnotes
For related swords see Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendour Des Armes Orientales, d'Acte-Expo, Paris, 4 May-3 July 1988, pp. 151 and 204, figs. 256 and 257; and David Alexander, The Arts Of War..., Vol. XXI, 1992, pl. 210 and 212-213, fig. 144
Ali Dinar ibn Zakariya was the last Sultan of the Kayra dynasty in Durfar, Sudan. Following the suppression by the British of the uprising of the Sudanese Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad in 1898, Ali Dinar re-established the sultanate of Durfar and ruled until he was overthrown by the British in 1916








