North African style with 7 ¼” d.e. blade with wiggle work decoration to the forte. Good brass fighting guard. Two piece bone grip and brass inlaid black horn pommel. Red leather scabbard elaborately decorated in tooled and basket weave segments. The Mahdist War resulted in and estimated 5-6 million deaths virtually all on the Mahdist side. The call to jihad brought support from far reaching Muslim cultures. This dagger was carried by a combatant recruited in the north.
