The pesh-kabz or peshkabz (Persian: پیش قبض, Hindi: पेश क़ब्ज़)[1] is a type of Indo-Persian knife designed to penetrate mail armour and other types of armour.[2][3][4] The word is also spelled pesh-qabz or pish-ghabz and means "fore-grip" in the Persian language; it was borrowed into the Hindustani language.[1] Originally created during Safavid Persia, it became widespread in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent during Mughal period.[5][6]
- ^ a b Shakespear, John (1834). A Dictionary of Hindustani and English. Parbury, Allen and Co. p. 471.
- ^ Byam, Michèle (1 April 1995). Arms and Armor. Dorling Kindersley. p. 34. ISBN 9780789458377.
The pesh-kabz was a specialist dagger from Persia and north India, used mainly for piercing chain mail.
- ^ Lexicon of Medieval Knives and Daggers, retrieved 5 July 2011
- ^ Shackleford, Steve, (ed.), Blade's Guide To Knives And Their Values (7th ed.), Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-0387-9 (1989), p. 406
- ^ The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia. Macmillan. 21 August 2007. p. 28. ISBN 9780312368326.
Pesh kabz, a dagger popular in Persia and Northern India.
- ^ DK Eyewitness Books: Arms and Armor. Dorling Kindersley. 15 August 2011. p. 34. ISBN 9780756689513.
The pesh-kabz was a specialized dagger from Persia and northern India.