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Book Synopsis Islamic Weapons by : Anthony C. Tirri
Download or read book Islamic Weapons written by Anthony C. Tirri and published by Indigo Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by : David G. Alexander
Download or read book Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art written by David G. Alexander and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.
Book Synopsis Islamic Arms and Armour by : Robert Elgood
Download or read book Islamic Arms and Armour written by Robert Elgood and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Guns for the Sultan by : Gábor Ágoston
Download or read book Guns for the Sultan written by Gábor Ágoston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabor Agoston's book contributes to an emerging strand of military history, that examines organised violence as a challenge to early modern states, their societies and economies. His is the first to examine the weapons technology and armaments industries of the Ottoman Empire, the only Islamic empire that threatened Europe on its own territory in the age of the Gunpowder Revolution. Based on extensive research in the Turkish archives, the book affords much insight regarding the early success and subsequent failure of an Islamic empire against European adversaries. It demonstrates Ottoman flexibility and the existence of an early modern arms market and information exchange across the cultural divide, as well as Ottoman self-sufficiency in weapons and arms production well into the eighteenth century. Challenging the sweeping statements of Eurocentric and Orientalist scholarship, the book disputes the notion of Islamic conservatism, the Ottomans' supposed technological inferiority and the alleged insufficiencies in production capacity. This is a provocative, intelligent and penetrating analysis, which successfully contends traditional perceptions of Ottoman and Islamic history.
Download or read book Allah's Bomb written by Al J. Venter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islamic Arms and Armour of Muslim India by : Syed Zafar Haider
Download or read book Islamic Arms and Armour of Muslim India written by Syed Zafar Haider and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction by : Sohail H. Hashmi
Download or read book Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction written by Sohail H. Hashmi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Islamic Arms by : Anthony North
Download or read book An Introduction to Islamic Arms written by Anthony North and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait by : Robert Elgood
Download or read book Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait written by Robert Elgood and published by . This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Arts of War by : Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Download or read book The Arts of War written by Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a lavishly illustrated presentation of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art's collection of arms and armor. The items range in date from the seventh to the nineteenth centuries A.D. In avoiding the strictly typological classification of most previous catalogues of the subject, the aim is to give a full sense of the panoply of warfare: the stirrup, the drum, and the talismanic shirt were as important to the Muslim warrior as the sword and the mail shirt. David Alexander, the leading authority on Islamic arms and armor, has provided a detailed scholarly guide to this outstanding collection.
Book Synopsis Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's Treatise "On Swords and Their Kinds" by : Robert G. Hoyland
Download or read book Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's Treatise "On Swords and Their Kinds" written by Robert G. Hoyland and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist. The treatise "On swords and their kinds" was written by the 9th century Muslim philosopher Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi. This work was commissioned by a powerful patron of scholarship, the Abbasid caliph Mu'tasim, and the content of the treatise presumably reflects the ruler's general interest in his army and its equipment, and his specific interest in the technical aspects of sword production. In this work, Kindi discusses the difference between iron and steel, distinguishes different qualities of sword blade, and different centres of swordsmithing. He refers to the Indian Ocean trade in steel ingots and to the distinctive character of European swords of the period. He includes technical terms used by the makers, and distinguishes swords by their physical features - form, measurements, weight, watered pattern, sculptured details, or inlaid ornaments. This publication includes the text and a translation of Kindi's treatise, and a detailed commentary on the work. The volume also includes a translation of Friedrich Schwarzlose's work on swords, which is based on the hundreds of references to swords in early Arabic poetry. Written in German, this extraordinary compendium of information was first published some 120 years ago; this volume makes it available again, and for the first time in English.
Book Synopsis Islamic Weapons, Warfare, and Armies by : Paul Hilliam
Download or read book Islamic Weapons, Warfare, and Armies written by Paul Hilliam and published by Rosen Reference. This book was released on 2004 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the rise of the Islamic Empire as a military power, the equipment and tactics of Muslim forces, and their accomplishments in the Middle East, the Balkans, Spain, and India.
Book Synopsis Islamic Arms and Armour by : Thom Richardson
Download or read book Islamic Arms and Armour written by Thom Richardson and published by Royal Armouries. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Royal Armouries, arms and armour series"--Cover.
Book Synopsis Fighting, Hunting, Impressing by : Kjeld von Folsach
Download or read book Fighting, Hunting, Impressing written by Kjeld von Folsach and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does Islam have a special approach to warfare and arms and armour? Do weapons from the Islamic world have particular characteristics? Publishing in conjunction with an exhibition at The David Collection in Copenhagen from 24 February to 15 August 2021, Fighting, Hunting, Impressing discusses the central issues relating to Islamic arms and armour: the types and the different contexts in which they were used in warfare, in hunting, and as symbols of social position. Other aspects include the roles of arms and armour in the Quran; their collection history from trophies to museum objects; their inscriptions; and furusiyya-literature - the manuals for the chivalrous Islamic warrior. The publication showcases 151 items of arms and armour from the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, in addition to miniature paintings that illustrate how the objects were used in their historical contexts, and supporting essays.
Book Synopsis Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa, 1800-1960 by : Anthony C. Tirri
Download or read book Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa, 1800-1960 written by Anthony C. Tirri and published by Indigo Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islamic arms and armour from private Danish collections by :
Download or read book Islamic arms and armour from private Danish collections written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour by : Robert Hales
Download or read book Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour written by Robert Hales and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book illustrates over 1,000 items of Islamic and Oriental arms and armour which represent the finest and most interesting examples originating from Islamic and Hindu cultures and beyond, including Russia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and South East Asia. All the items illustrated have passed through the hands of Robert Hales during the last 45 years. Divided into four sections: daggers, swords, firearms, and armour, with the occasional transgression, the publication also includes a useful glossary of terms. The text is concise and descriptive as well as containing information that is being published for the first time.