Talwar
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The talwar, also spelled talwaar and tulwar, is a type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian subcontinent.
Typical 18th-century talwar, with iron disc hilt and knucklebow, and a fullered blade.
Talwar with a wootz blade and silver koftgari decoration to hilt and blade forte. Note the widening of the blade near the tip.
Talwar hilt without knuckle bow, with extensive silver koftgari decoration
Talwar hilt with knuckle bow, 19th century, silver koftgari decoration, damascus steel blade.
Shamshir
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A shamshir is a type of Iranian sword with a radical curve. The name is derived from the Persian word shamshīr, which is made of two words sham and shir. The curved "scimitar" sword family includes th
Talwar
…instead of the disc, are termed talwar, without being differentiated by name. The talwar belongs to the same family of curved swords as the Persian shamshir, the Turkish kilij, Arabian saif and the Afghan pulwar, all such swords being originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central…
Uzbek warrior armed with bow and arrows, khanjar, flail, and a shamshir
Syrian shamshir from the Royal Armoury, Stockholm