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Property from a Distinguished Private UK Collection
Lot 108

Five silver-mounted steel daggers (jambiyyas)
Saudi Arabia, Mecca, 20th Century
(5)

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,304 inc. premium

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Five silver-mounted steel daggers (jambiyyas)
Saudi Arabia, Mecca, 20th Century

each of typical form with doubled edged blade, the waisted silver-mounted hilts of faceted form, engraved and decorated with floral interlace, the wood scabbards with the emblem of Saudi Arabia, inscription-filled cartouche to reverse, with suspension loops
the largest 25.2 cm. long(5)

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Provenance
Distinguished private UK collection, London.

Inscriptions: 'amal badr al-din badr bi-mecca 'Made by Badr al-Din Badr in Mecca'.

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