10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KOFTGAR»
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koftgar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
koftgar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Collection of 6 objects damascened work, by Ibrahim, Koftgar, Gujrat. Price Ks.
270. For tale. Six articles of ditto by Asmutulla of Gujrat. Price Ks. 116. For tale.
Six articles of ditto, by Hashim Ali of the same place. Price from Us. IS to Es. 30.
Calcutta internat. exhib. 1883-84, 1885
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Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, ...
Collection of 6 objects damascened work from Lahore, by Anuddin, Koftgar.
Prices from Rs. 12 to Rs. 35. For tale. Six articles of ditto, by Golom Kasul of
Gujrat. Prices Rs. 7 to Rs. 60. For tale. Ditto by Mola of the same town. Price Es.
99.
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gazetteer of the gujrat district
The cost of koftgari articles is as follows : — Card trays, Us. 10 to 30 each ;
caskets, ditto ; candlesticks per pair, ditto ; paper knives, Rs. 2 to 5 ; brooches, Its.
2 to 6 ; surahis, Rs. 5 to 10, &c, &c. There are seven koftgar manufacture shops in
...
... if he inlays on ivory, fish-bone, tortoise-shell, rhinoceros-horn or silver, his
charge for every tolah of gold is one tolah of the same. The Koftgar or gold-beater
, inlays on steel and other metals markings more delicate than the teeth of a file, ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1894
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The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: ...
Some of the cutlers still remain at Lahore, but many of them went to Nizamabad
in the Gujran- walla district ; others to Guzerat, and the koftgar artizans, also,
have mostly left Lahore to reside in the Kotli Loharan in the Seal- koto district.—
Cat.
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Punjab District Gazetteers: Shahpur distict, rev. ed
At Gujrat and Sialkot the smith forges caskets and other articles of the koftgar't
trade in complete independence of the workman who damascenes them with
silver and gold. But at Bhera, the same artizan fashions the blade on tho anvil
grinds ...
7
The Tribes and Castes of Bengal: Ethnographic Glossary
Kodrid, a synonym for Kadar or Kadarwa, who dig earth like Beldars and work as
labourers. Koeé, a wild beast, a totemistic sept of Lohars in Chota Nagpur.
Koftgar, a craftsman who practises the art of inlaying gold and silver on iron,
usually, ...
Sir Herbert Hope Risley, 1892
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Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84
Kanhya Lai Bhabra, Hoshiarpur ... Lala fiamj Das, Amritsur Mahomed Din Koftgar
, Botti Loharan, Sialkot. Nur Mahomed, painter and gilder, Delhi Engraved aftabat
and bowls. Indian vegetable dyes. Inlaid ivory cabinet. Cross belts. Koftware.
... tortoise-shell, rhinoceros-horn or silver, his charge for every tolah of gold is one
tolah of the same. The Koftgar or gold-beater, inlays on steel and other metals
markings more delicate than the teeth of a file, and damascenes with gold ...
Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1894
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Damascening on Steel Or Iron, as Practised in India
Sometimes the polishing is done with agate burnishers. This is practically the
whole process, although it may differ in detail in different places. The general
term in India for damascening on metal is koft, while the workman is a koftgar,
and his ...
Thomas Holbein Hendley, 1892
