One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s  Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s  Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s  Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s  Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s  Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s  Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia

One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created . A 1500’s to Early 1600’s Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Ancient Persia

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One of two fabulous early examples we acquired. In ancient Persian texts this has been the decisive weapon of choice by great warriors, used to kill the dragon Kasfud by Gev, in ancient Persian texts, and known as the ‘Thunderbolt of Indra’ in ancient Indian texts, and also the Sky Borne Splitter. Thus known universally by a chosen weapon of great and legendary warriors of early Hindu, Islamic and Christian cultures.

A style of battle mace that also goes back to the earliest days of medieval knightly warfare. It can be seen used to incredible effect used in Sir Michael Caine’s latest movie release ‘Medieval’, wielded by his knight in the notorious internecine wars in the knightly period of Europe. Thus this mace style was as popular in Europe as it was in the Indian Sub Continent and ancient Persia, but in Europe and England it would have a plain, straight cylindrical handle-hilt..

Being a fantastic Moghul period example it has the highly distinctive khanda sword hilt, which has a protective half basket guard for the hand, and the projecting pommel spike to enable both two handed combat and a counter point for reverse striking and blows.
It has its traditional iconic feature of a shaped flange head, common with all steel flanged head maces, with ring turned finial, ring turned haft with characteristic hilt with upturned guard and broad knuckle bow, dished disc pommel with elongated spike finial. With a dagger spike finial, 16th-17th century all steel Eight flanged head. With the Hindu style khanda hilt. Probably from Rajasthan. Despite successive waves of Muslim conquest, Rajasthan remained predominately Hindu. It was divided into a number of small states centred around fortified cities such as Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur, all of which had their own armouries that a few of these survive within today. The Gorz is a weapon often mentioned and variously described in Iranian myths and epic. In classical Persian texts, particularly in Ferdowsi’s Šha-nama , it is characterised as the decisive weapon of choice in fateful battles, and to kill the dragon of Kasafrud; by Gev, in the expedition to Mazandaran. In Indian mythology, Indra owns a club/mace (vajra-) called the Thunderbolt of Indra and made of the bones of Risi Dadici, a sacred figure in the Vedic literature. It has been also referred to by many other names and descriptions, including sky-borne, splitter, destructive.

Rare 17th Indian Shishpar Battle Mace with Khanda Sword Hilt. Rare early example of the Indian battle-mace weapon "Shishpar" used by skilled warrior for fighting through armoured troops, armed with a 8-flang steel head topped with an armour-piercing spike, exhibiting heavy but smooth patina and very elegantly formed flanges to the head. Mounted on the well balanced chisselled and decorated steel shaft with a large Khanda sword hilt of early type, some light chiselled art work around the broad guard and at the base of the large pommel spike designed to be used for two handed grip at the battle. Grip with original old ox chords still present and intact. Powerful and very battle-efficient weapon of early Hindu and Muslim warriors. Overall length:
83cm over all length, the head composed of eight shaped flanges, the finial an 8cm tapering blade with reinforced forte, the turned and reeded haft with reeded and geometric decoration, characteristic sheet basket hilt with geometric decorated borders, curving elongated tang with bud terminal, shaped grip.

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