Abstract
The present article investigates different terms describing armour and its diverse typology in Persian martial tradition taken from a selected number of 47 dated Persian manuscripts from the 10th to the 19th centuries C.E. Both human and animal armour used in battlefields are described.
Highlights
Persian manuscripts often mention different types of armour worn by warriors on the battlefield
The goal of this article is to provide an accurate analysis of terms describing different types of armour that appear in Persian manuscripts
According to the Digital Lexicon of Dehxodā, jŏšan جوشنis a type of mail-and-plate armour and is similar to tanure تنورهinsofar as both are made from mail and iron/steel plates; the iron/steel platesغيبهof jŏšan جوشنare shorter/smaller than the ones used in tanure تنوره
Summary
Persian manuscripts often mention different types of armour worn by warriors on the battlefield. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani were consulted to set up a reliable linguistic base for the study of different types of arms and armour These manuscripts include epics such as the 10th-century epic Šāhnāme [Book of Kings] by Ferdŏsi, antologies such as the 11th-century anthology Divān-e Manučehri Dāmqāni [Anthology of Manučehri Dāmqāni] by Manučehri Dāmqāni, the travel accounts such as the 11th-century Safarnāme-ye Nāser Xosrŏ [Travel Accounts of Nāser Xosrŏ] by Nāser Xosrŏ, treatises on war and strategy such as the 12-century C.E. manuscript Ādāb al-Harb va alŠojā-e [The Customs of War and Bravery] by Mobārak Šāh Faxr-e Modabbar, heroic stories such as the 15th-century manuscript Zafarnāme by Yazdi, historical manuscripts such as the 17th-century manuscript Tārix-e Ālam Ārāye Abbāsi [History of Abbāsi] by Eskandar Beig Torkamān, geography and crafts books such as the 19th-century Jogrāfiyā-ye Esfahān [Geography of Isfahan] by Tahvildār Esfahāni, and period lexicons such as the 19th-century lexicon Farhang-e Jahānigiri [The Lexicon of Jahānigiri] by Anjavi Širāzi.
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