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The chronology of this section includes 16th through 20th century. Weaponry from the following regions is presented here: Iran, India, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Syria, Balkans, Japan, China and Malay Archipelago. One can see Turkish yatagans of 18th-19th cc., Turkish and Iranian axes, Nepalese knives - kukri, Afghan, Iranian and Indian sabers, Indo-Iranian shields, helmet, Japanese swords (shin guntō, wakizashi), naginata and daggers, cuirass, Chinese pole sword - kwandao (do), pirate double sword chen etc. in the exposition. But the most interesting item is Indian pata: sort of iron gauntlet, vambrace extended with a sword.
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