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A Rare Sudanese Kaskara Of Sultan Ali Dinar Ibn Zakariya And Given By Him To His Son MazmalDated 1302 A.H. Corresponding To 1884 A.D.
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Find your local specialistA Rare Sudanese Kaskara Of Sultan Ali Dinar Ibn Zakariya And Given By Him To His Son Mazmal
Dated 1302 A.H. Corresponding To 1884 A.D.
Dated 1302 A.H. Corresponding To 1884 A.D.
91.5 cm. blade
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Cf. a related sword sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 23 July 2015, lot 39
For other examples 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; David Alexander, The Arts Of War..., Vol. XXI, 1992, pl. 210 and 212-213, fig. 144 and Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour..., 2013, p. 205, fig. 501
Ali Dinar ibn Zakariya (1856-1916) was the last Sultan of the Kayra dynasty in Durfur, Sudan. Following the suppression by the British of the uprising of the Sudanese Mahdi, Muhammad Admad in 1898, Ali Dinar re-established the sultanate of Durfur and ruled until he was overthrown by the British in 1916








