The ordinary traga went no farther than a cut on the arm with the katar or crease; the forearms of those who were in the habit of becoming security had generally several cuts from the elbow downwards.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
But one of them neither wept nor spoke to her companions, but stood silently watching Khaled, and when he sat down upon a carpet in the chief kahwah of the house, she brought him drink in a goblet set with pearls from katar, and sat down at his feet as though she had been his wife.
"Khaled, A Tale of Arabia"
F. Marion Crawford
Suddenly the Rajput reached into the sash at his belt and drew out his sheathed katar.
"The Moghul"
Thomas Hoover