RARE VARIATION PERSIAN JAMBIYA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

11 1/8” blade of conventional curved form with false edge, but extending as another, smaller with thickened armor piercing point. Both sides are decorated with a seal chiseled with an animal in foliage and two further seals. Iron bolster with the zodiac wheel each side. Bone grip scales and buffalo horn pommel segment. In its cloth covered scabbard.