Editing Talwar (section)

==History==
The talwar belongs to the same family of curved swords as the Persian [[shamshir]], the Turkish [[kilij]], Arabian [[Arab sword|saif]] and the Afghan [[pulwar]], all such swords being originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central Asia.{{sfn|Nicolle|2007|p=175}} The talwar typically does not have as radical a curve as the shamshir and only a very small minority have the expanded, stepped yelman (a sharp back edge on the distal third of the blade) typical of the kilij.{{sfn|Bull|1991|p=176}}{{sfn|Stone|1934|loc=Fig. 770. The illustration shows 6 talwar, only 1 of which has a Turkish-style yelman}}

The talwar has a distinctive, all-metal, Indo-Muslim hilt, developed in Medieval western India.{{sfn|Jaiwant Paul|1995|p=37}} The increasing influence in India of Turco-Afghan, and later Turco-Mongol, dynasties (employing Persian and Central Asian arms) in the Late Medieval and subsequent eras led to ever greater use of sabre-like, curved swords. By Mughal times, the talwar had become the most popular form of sword in the Subcontinent. The talwar was the product of the marriage of the curved blade derived from Turco-Mongol and Persian swords and the native all-metal Indo-Muslim hilt.{{sfn|Jaiwant Paul|1995|pp=36–37, 46}}