Sword

Description

Sword 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

Museum reference

H.MCR 46

Object name

Sword

Date

Pre 1803

Style / Culture

Indian

Materials

Leather, Brass

Physical description

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’.

Associations

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