Religious Group: Sikh
Wallace Collection, London
Come and see a magnificent gold-hilted dagger encrusted with precious jewels, from the Court of the Mughal Emperors. One of the finest and rarest of such weapons in the world, it may have belonged to Jahangir or his son Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal. Also on display is a gold-hilted sword once owned by the Sikh warrior-king Ranjit Singh, 18th-century founder of the Sikh dynasty in the Punjab. The blade is made of fabulously crafted ‘watered steel’, said by some contemporaries to be worth its weight in gold.
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Location: Wallace Collection, London
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Hertford House, Manchester Square
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