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Illustration from

Nihayat al-su'l, 1371

a manual of horsemanship and military practice.


folio 140. Four horsemen, brandishing circular shields and sabres, ride around a circular pond edged with lilies.

Executed under the Mamelukes, in Syria or Egypt. British Library, Add. 18866.
Picture Source: "Muslim warfare: a study of a medieval Muslim treatise on the art of war" by Geoffrey Tantum, pp187-201 in: Islamic Arms and Armour, ed. Robert Elgood, London 1979.


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