Original Victorian Afghan Khyber Pass Chura Dagger from the Hazara Expedition of 1888 U.S. Documents & Books Pendleton 12/8/43

Pendleton 12/8/43

and is dated 1945

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Original Victorian Afghan Khyber Pass Chura Dagger from the Hazara Expedition of 1888 U.S. Documents & Books Pendleton 12/8/43Original Item: One Only. The chura is a smaller version of the Perso Afghan pesh kabz dagger, specifically used by the Mahsud clan of the Pashtun Khyber tribe, who were one of the groups faced by the British Empire during the Second Anglo Afghan War. A fearsome weapon from India's North West Frontier from the time of that great Movie "THE MAN THE WOULD BE KING" starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine. The typical example has a hollow ground, tempered