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1. Turban Helmet

Date:
mid 15th-16th century (Early Modern)
Medium:
steel
Extent:
Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (34.6 x 21.6 cm) (diam.)

2. Turban Helmet

Date:
2nd half 15th century (late Medieval)
Medium:
steel, engraved and inlaid with silver
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 15 3/16 x Diam: 9 3/16 in. (38.5 x 23.4 cm)

3. Turban Helmet with Neck Guard of Mail and Nose Guard

Date:
mid 15th-16th century (Ottoman)
Medium:
steel, inlaid with copper alloy, gold, and silver
Extent:
Dimensions: Helmet H: 11 13/16 × W: 9 7/16 × D: 11 in. (30 × 24 × 28 cm); Mail L: 20 1/2 in. (52 cm)

5. "Turban" Helmet

Date:
16th century
Medium:
engraved and punched steel, silver, gold
Extent:
Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 8 11/16 in. (29 x 22 cm)

6. Body Armor

Date:
16th century (Early Modern)
Medium:
steel and leather (modern)
Extent:
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (49.5 x 34.6 x 28.6 cm)

11. Sword ("Tulwar)")

Date:
Blade: 1551-1552; Hilt: 1761 (Early Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel inlaid with gold, hilt: nephrite set with emeralds (or beryls) and rubies (or spinels)
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 3 1/8 x W: 31 9/16 x D: 1 7/16 in. (8 x 80.2 x 3.7 cm)

12. Elephant Goad

Date:
17th century
Medium:
steel
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 15 in. (38.1 cm)

14. Miniature Sword

Date:
late 18th-19th century (Ottoman)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt; serpentine, gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), garnets, rubies (or spinels); sheath: gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels), garnets
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 4 5/8 x W: 5/8 x D: 1/2 in. (1.59 x 11.75 x 1.27 cm)

15. Miniature Sword ("Kilij")

Date:
late 18th-19th century (Ottoman)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: serpentine, rubies (or spinels); sheath: gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels), garnets, sapphires
Extent:
Dimensions: Kilij L: 6 5/16 x W: 1 3/8 x D: 7/16 in. (16.03 x 3.49 x 1.08 cm); Scabbard L: 5 x W: 1 x D: 3/8 in. (12.7 x 2.54 x 0.91 cm)

16. Miniature Sword (Shamshir)

Date:
late 18th-19th century (Ottoman)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold and rubies (or spinels); hilt: serpentine, gilded brass, rubies (or spinels); sheath: gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels), garnets
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 4 13/16 x W: 3/4 x D: 3/8 in. (12.22 x 1.91 x 0.9 cm); W with chain: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)

18. Sword ("Shamshir")

Date:
18th century (Early Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: horn
Extent:
Dimensions: 14 15/16 x 34 13/16 x 1 3/8 in. (38 x 88.5 x 3.5 cm)

19. Dagger with Crystal Handle

Date:
18th century (Early Modern)
Medium:
rock crystal, steel, gold
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 13 3/4 × W: 2 1/8 × D: 1 1/4 in. (35 × 5.4 × 3.1 cm)

20. Inscribed Dagger ("Jambiya") and Sheath

Date:
1713 (Early Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold and set with rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), and sapphires; hilt: nephrite; sheath: enamel, set with rubies (or spinels)
Extent:
Dimensions: dagger: 2 13/16 x 15 3/16 x 1 1/16 in. (7.2 x 38.6 x 2.7 cm); sheath: 2 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 in. (6.2 x 31 x 2.5 cm)

21. Sword ("Kilij")

Date:
1714-1715 (Early Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: horn
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 5 3/8 x 31 7/8 x W: 1 1/2 in. (13.6 x 81 x 3.8 cm)

22. Pen Box from the Gun Set of Mahmud I

Date:
ca. 1732 (Ottoman)
Medium:
gilded silver, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels)
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 15/16 × W: 1 1/4 × L: 7 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.2 × 18.6 cm)

24. Dagger from the Gun Set of Mahmud I

Date:
1145 AH/AD 1732-33 (Ottoman)
Medium:
steel with gold wire, gilded silver, rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls)
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 11 3/4 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 11/16 in. (29.8 × 4.4 × 1.7 cm)

25. Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I

Date:
Gun: 1732/33; Miquelet lock: 1861/62 (Ottoman)
Medium:
steel, wood (ash), gold, gilded silver, silver, nephrite, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels); later miquelet lock, steel, gold
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 × L: 55 × D: 2 3/4 in. (24.5 × 139.7 × 7 cm)

26. Sword ("Kilij")

Date:
Blade: 1761 (AH 1175); Replacement hilt: 18th-19th century (Ottoman)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: nephrite
Extent:
Dimensions: 3 13/16 x 29 3/4 x 15/16 in. (9.7 x 75.5 x 2.4 cm)

27. Sheath of a Thuma

Date:
1176 AH/AD 1762-1763
Medium:
silver with remains of gilding
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 9 7/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (24 x 6.1 cm)

28. Sheath of a Thuma

Date:
1139-1161 AH/AD 1775-1809
Medium:
silver with remains of gilding
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 9 7/16 x W: 2 3/4 in. (24 x 7 cm)

29. Dagger ("Kindjal") and Sheath

Date:
19th century (Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: walrus ivory set with gold and turquoise; sheath: silver, gilded silver, niello
Extent:
Dimensions: dagger: 1 15/16 x 18 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (4.9 x 45.8 x 2.9 cm); sheath: 2 x 15 1/8 x 13/16 in. (5.1 x 38.4 x 2.1 cm)

30. Sword ("Yataghan") and Scabbard

Date:
19th century (Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: silver filigree, set with coral; scabbard: silver filigree, set with coral, niello
Extent:
Dimensions: scabbard: 2 3/8 x 24 5/16 x 1 11/16 in. (6 x 61.8 x 4.3 cm); yataghan: 2 3/4 x 27 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (7 x 69.8 x 8 cm)

31. Sword ("Yataghan")

Date:
1810-1811 (Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with silver; hilt: gilded silver, filigree, coral and enamel insets
Extent:
Dimensions: 3 5/16 x 29 5/8 x 3 15/16 in. (8.4 x 75.3 x 10 cm)

32. Sword ("Yataghan") and Scabbard

Date:
1810-1811 (Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with silver; hilt: gilded silver, filigree, coral and enamel insets; scabbard: gilded silver, filigree, coral, leather
Extent:
Dimensions: 3 5/16 x 29 5/8 x 3 15/16 in. (8.4 x 75.3 x 10 cm)

33. Dagger and Sheath

Date:
mid 19th century (Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: gold, inlaid with rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), diamonds, amethyst, enamel; sheath: gold, inlaid with rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), diamonds
Extent:
Dimensions: dagger: 1 1/2 x 9 13/16 x 1 in. (3.8 x 25 x 2.5 cm); sheath: 1 5/16 x 6 5/8 x 3/4 in. (3.3 x 16.8 x 2 cm)

34. Thuma (Dagger) and Sheath

Date:
1267 AH/AD 1850-1851
Medium:
silver with gilding and wood
Extent:
Dimensions: Overall L: 22 1/16 x W: 16 1/8 in. (56 x 41 cm); L of blade: 11 x W of blade: 18 7/8 in. (28 x 48 cm)