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Pesh-kabz
Type of Indo-Persian knife / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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