Metal defensive weapons bearing the name of the master Muhammad bin Saud, and the date of the year 1511 “Reserved for a private collection in the city of Taif” (Publish and study)

Document Type : Original Article

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Professor of Islamic Archeology, Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University (Egypt)

Abstract

The city of Taif abounds with a number of private artistic collections, some of which include art and archaeological pieces made of different materials, some dated and others undated, belonging to multiple Islamic countries, and different time periods, never before published and studied. Therefore, I chose to study a group of them, including an archaeological and technical study after the approval of those in charge of it in writing, and my choice fell on a distinct and integrated group of defensive metal weapons from the Islamic era to be the subject of this study.
This research aims to publish and study a group of defensive metal weapons, attributed to Imam Muhammad bin Saud and bearing the date of 1511, and an attempt to reveal the correct history of them or at least know the time period in which they were made, Documenting and describing it, analyzing its various technical elements, and trying to read the written bands and analyze it in terms of form and content.

This group includes a gear, a helmet, a forearm protector, and a Hauberk. In studying these metal artifacts, I will follow the descriptive and documentary method, as well as the analytical method of industrial methods and the technical methods used in their manufacture and decoration.

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