The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Dagger (Khanjali) with Scabbard
1700s–1800s
Overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); Blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.736
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Scabbards for daggers like these are usually highly engraved with gold or silver designs and can sometimes include embedded gemstones.Description
A khanjali is a dagger popular with the inhabitants of Georgia and the rest of the Caucasus since ancient times. They often have a single offset groove on each face of the blade and the shape is similar to the ancient Roman gladius and the Scottish dirk.- {{cite web|title=Dagger (Khanjali) with Scabbard|url=false|author=|year=1700s–1800s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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