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Post by Druzhina on Sept 30, 2014 16:32:35 GMT 3
There isn't a lot of information on the Daylamis from the Elburz mountains south of the Caspian Sea. To start with, here are extracts from a doctoral thesis The military technology of classical Islam, concerning Daylamis, by David Nicolle. plus the pictorial sources referred to including: Manuscript, 'Joshua' Rabula Gospels, 586 AD, north Syrian, Bib. Laur. Plut. 1, f.4r, FlorenceFatimid Manuscript with two soldiers, 11th - 12th Centuries, Museum of Islamic Art, CairoPaper fragment, 11th-12th centuries AD, Fatimid, Museum of Islamic Art no. 12801, CairoByzantine Plates - Herakleios, early 7th century, with scenes from the life of David, Metropolitan Museum, New YorkManuscript from Mosul, Kitab al Diryak, mid-13th century AD, Nationalbibliothek, Ms. AF. 10, ViennaManuscript, 13th century AD, Syriac Jazirah, Bib. Vat., Ms. Syr. 559, RomeCeramic fragment, 10th-11th centuries AD, Fatimid, Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonManuscript, Book of Fixed Stars, 1009 AD, western Iranian or Iraq, Bodleian Lib., Ms. Marsh 144, OxfordDruzhina Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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Post by Druzhina on Oct 1, 2014 15:53:09 GMT 3
Contemporary descriptions of the zupin are usually translated as '2-bladed' or '2-pronged', that could be a pitch-fork, or a spearhead with a waist as preferred by David Nicolle, or a spear with a head at each end as in a Daylami Tribesman by Ian Heath in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066Possibilities include: Detail of top, Morgan Casket, Southern Italy, 11th-12th centuryDetail of front, Morgan Casket, Southern Italy, 11th-12th centuryRear of ivory casket, Fatimid Sicily or Southern Italy, 11th-12th Centuries. Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, BerlinSee a summary of the written sources for DailamisDaylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride is based on: . 10th century plate excavated at Nishapur, Museum of Oriental Art, no. 2629/3258, Rome (anyone have a better picture?) . 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sufi, 1009-10AD (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)MIRROR SITES Daylami Tribesman by Ian Heath in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066Morgan Casket, Southern Italy, 11th-12th centuryRear of ivory casket, Fatimid Sicily or Southern Italy, 11th-12th Centuries. Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, BerlinDaylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride10th century plate excavated at Nishapur, Museum of Oriental Art, no. 2629/3258, Rome'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sufi, 1009-10AD (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)Druzhina 11th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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Post by Druzhina on Oct 2, 2014 13:51:36 GMT 3
A probable Daylami Fatimid Caliphal guard, early 11th century, by Angus McBride based on: Fatimid Ivory Plaque of Two Soldiers, 10th century, LouvreCeramic fragment, 10th-11th centuries AD, Fatimid, Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonFatimid Manuscript with two soldiers from Fustat, 11th - 12th Centuries, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairoand an unknown painted paper fragment from Fustat, Louvre, Paris. (any ideas?) Although one of the main features of this figure is the carrying of 2 javelins, none of the sources I have found have 2 javelins. The 4th source may be Paper fragment, 11th-12th centuries AD, Fatimid, Museum of Islamic Art no. 12801, Cairo (if which museum is mistaken) which has 2 javelins. Druzhina 11th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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