20th century AD. A jambya dagger with curved two-edged steel blade and median fuller, inlaid brass calligraphic text to one face; silver ribbed hilt with raised rosettes, D-shaped pommel with knop finial, scabbard loop to the reverse, knop finial. Cf. Capwell, Dr. T. Knives, Daggers and Bayonets, London, 2009, p.213 for type. 155 grams, 23cm (9"). From a London collection; acquired in the 1970s.