Hyderabad, Sept. 23 -- The 'Serpent-Sword" of Nizams of Hyderabad which is brought to Delhi early this month will be made ready for public view at the famous Salar Jung Museum.

The High Commission of India in the UK and the United Kingdom's Glasgow Life which manages Glasgow's museums have signed an agreement during a formal ceremony at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum after which India got possession of the unique sword of Nizam of Hyderabad.

The ceremonial sword is of Indo-Persian design and is shaped like a snake and has serrated edges and a damascene pattern, with gold etchings of an elephant and tiger that is dated circa 1350 CE.

"The sword went missing some time in the rule of Nizam VI," Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, said INTACH co-...