24.6cm wootz damascus blade with armour piercing tip, the forte finely chiselled with scrolling foliage and flower heads, either side further enriched with gold koftgari panels in turn repeated on the finely chiselled back edge and on the back of the tip, characteristic hilt profusely decorated with vignettes of caligraphy bordered in gold koftgari, "O Source of Compassion, O Bounteous Provider, O Sovereignty, O Paradise, O Forgiving One" two piece riveted walrus grips. Bears many similarities to the work of Ali Akbar and a very similar dagger appears in the Khalili collection with similar vignette decoartion to the hilt. Some pitting and chip to tip of the blade.