Sword (Kaskara)

Houston. Houston Museum of Natural Science. "The Heritage of Islam," March 10–May 30, 1982.

San Francisco. California Academy of Sciences. "The Heritage of Islam," July 2, 1982–January 2, 1983.

Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "The Heritage of Islam," February 26–April 24, 1983.

Washington, D.C. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. "The Heritage of Islam," June 1–September 5, 1983.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Arms and Armor from the Islamic World," February 10, 2016–December 3, 2017, no. 68.

Maindron, M. Les Armes. Bibliothèque de l'enseignement des beaux-arts. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1890. p. 337, ill. (blade with different snake feature, with head in profile).

American Art Association. Arms and Armor; Valuable Gothic and Renaissance Tapestries, Paintings by Old Masters; Majolica; Stone Sculptures and Wood Carvings; Furniture; Wrought Iron; Books on Art: Collection of Frank Gair Macomber. Sold by His Order.. New York: American Art Association, December 10–12, 1936. no. 282, ill. (sword ascribed to Nasir ed Din, with similar snake in relief feature).

Mayer, L. A., and Gaston Wiet. Islamic Armourers and Their Works. Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1962. pl. I (sword signed "Abbâsquli" with similar serpent/snake feature).

Sotheby's, London. Islamic Works of Art, Part I: Arms and Armour. London: Sotheby's, London, Nov. 22, 1976. no. 103, ill. (Persian Qajar jambiya with similar serpent feature).

Nickel, Helmut, and Stuart W. Pyhrr. "Arms and Armor." Notable Acquisitions 1975–1979 (1979), pp. 28–29, ill.

Nickel, Helmut. "Neun Schwerter aus dem Lande des Mahdi." Waffen– und Kostümkunde: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Historische Waffen– und Kostümkunde, Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 52, ser. 3 v. 35, n.1 p. 47, figs, 2,3, ill.

Alexander, David, Stuart W. Pyhrr, and Will Kwiatkowski. Islamic Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. pp. 180–81, no. 68, ill.