Key in a search term below to search our website.
Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenSword of Indian origin, described as being 'presented' to Colonel Sir John Macdonald by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in the aftermath of the Battle of Laswari, fought 1 November 1803, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1802 - 1805), India
H.MCR 46
Pre 1803
Indian
Sword with curved blade and leather scabbard with brass mounts featuring an inscription: ‘Presented to Lt Genl Sir John Macdonald K. C. B. By his Highness Shah Ahlam [sic] Emperor of the Moguls’.
Clanranald Collection of Jacobite and Family Relics
Previous owner: Alam II, Shah, Emperor, 1728 - 1806
Previous owner: Macdonald, John, Colonel, Sir, 1802 (fl.) - 1805 (fl.)
Battle: Battle of Laswari
War: Second Anglo-Maratha War
India, South Asia
national war museum »
nw00 »
special exhibition gallery »
legacies of empire