14th century Illustrations of Mamluk Costume and Soldiers

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Illustrations of 14th century Mamluks:
Mamluk Polo Rider Flask, c.1300AD, Museum für Islamische Kunst der Staatlichen, Berlin
Inlaid bronze bowl, late 13th or early 14th centuries AD, Mamluk, Victoria and Albert Museum 740-1898
Mamluk cavalry on a pen box by Ahmad al Dhaki, Egypt or Syria, 1304, Louvre OA 3621, (a lamellar jawshan cuirass opened down the back is portrayed.
Kitab fi marifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya by al-Jazari. Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, Syria or Egypt, 1315
Tab from a Mamluk banner with linked crosses and pear-shaped medallion
Early 14th century Mameluke costume in Kalila and Dimna
Mamluks on the Baptistère de Saint Louis, 1320–40, Louvre
Islamic costume in Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Maqamat manuscript Marsh 458, 1337
Frontispiece from a Mamluk Sulwan Al-Muta' of Ibn Zafar, 1325-50 AD
Kitab fi marifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya by al-Jazari. Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, Egypt, 1354
Nihayat al-su'l Mameluke manuals of horsemanship and military practice, 1371

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14th century Illustrations of Mamluk Costume and Soldiers

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Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

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Nice work.

Have you ever come across one of the earliest depictions of fire arms that supposedly stem from Ayyubid area? I seem to remember a 13th century image of a handcannon and arrow projectiles.

~Wille

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Nice work. Have you ever come across one of the earliest depictions of fire arms that supposedly stem from Ayyubid area? I seem to remember a 13th century image of a handcannon and arrow projectiles. ~Wille

Yes, a Mamluk Engineer with Midfa, in Kitab Al-Furusiyya wa Al-Manasib Al-Harbiyya by Hassan Al-Rammah. The Book of Horsemanship and Ingenious War Devices, c. 1280

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Mamluk Engineer with Midfa, in Kitab Al-Furusiyya wa Al-Manasib Al-Harbiyya by Hassan Al-Rammah. The Book of Horsemanship and Ingenious War Devices, c. 1280

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13th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers