Knife of prince andrei ivanovich, 1513, and a hunting knife the remarkable dagger depicted in figure no. 108, shaped like a malay knife called a kris, according to the inscription inscribed in gold on the crown: "prince andrei ivanovich. Year /--zk`a (1513)", belonged to the youngest son of ivan iii, andrei. The asian inscription on the dagger, inscribed in gold on niello, must refer to some kind of hindustan script: the inscriptions have some resemblance to tamil. It can be assumed that this is the only surviving monument of the first relations between russia and india, during the period of the trip to the deccan and golconda of afanasy nikitin in 1470 and the hindustan embassy from khan babur to the grand duke vasily ivanovich in 1532. In the inventory book of 1687 and in the previous inventory books of the armory, the dagger of prince andrei ivanovich is the only weapon recorded among the knives under the name of a dagger: “a steel dagger, outlined in gold on both sides, signed: “prince andrei ivanovich”; and on the back there is grass outlined in gold; black with a white fish tooth, a shackle of silver with niello, the scabbard is drawn with black tape, on the scabbard there is an iron setting; the lanyard and chain at the scabbard are black silk with nails and gold. And according to the current census of the year and upon inspection, that dagger matched the previous census books; the price was eight rubles, and in the previous inventory book it was listed first. ”. Date: before 1853.
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