Subject: khassaki knight
Culture: Circassian-Mamluk
Setting: Burji sultanate, Egypt/Mediterranean 15thc
Object: tribute swords
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Steel, wood, leather European, before 1432
The Arabic inscription on the blade reads in translation, 'Donation of al-Mālik al-Ashraf Barsbāy, may his victory be glorious, to the victorious armory in the well-guarded frontier city of Alexandria, from what he acquired in the month of Muharram in the year 836 [August/September 1432].' This sword is one of a number probably sent as tribute to the Mamluk sultan Barsbāy (reigned 1422-38) by John II, king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia." ...
"Sword Steel, wood, European, before 1419
The Arabic inscription engraved on the blade of this sword indicates that it was part of the large group of European arms and armor once stored in the Mamluk arsenal in Alexandria, Egypt. Many of these pieces wre taken as booty in the battles between Muslim and Christian armies in the near East and Aegean regions; others were sent to the sultan as tribute, possibly by the king of Cyprus.
"The inscription reads in translation, 'Donation of Al-Mālik al Mu'ayyad Abū al-Nasr Shaykh to the armory in the frontier city of Alexandria (in the) year 822 [A.D. 1419]." ...
"Sword Steel, wood European, late 14th century
The Arabic inscription on the blade reads in translation, 'Donated to the armory. One of the things gathered in the frontier city of Alexandria.'" ...
Royal Ontario Museum > Samuel European Galleries > Arms & Armour *
"1280-1325 Italie. Lame en acier. ... Cette épée, de par sa taille et sa forme, ressemble beaucoup à la grande épée. La lame et la fusée sont plus grandes que celles de l'épée normale d'un chevalier de l'époque. Les quillons en forme de <<S>> datent du XVe siècle. L'inscription en arabe sur la lame indique que l'épée a été mise en dépôt à l'arsenal d'Alexandrie en Égypte en 1436/1437."
* Windlass Steelcrafts
Royal Armouries Museum > Weapons in Society IV *
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Arming sword Italian, probably Milanese, between about 1370-1430 The forward cross-guard of this sword has a small hook-like branch for the forefinger to give extra control and protection. One of a group of about 75 swords, it may have been part of a tribute payment or war booty from Cyprus to Egypt. The sword bears an Arabic inscription which dates it to about 1432 (836 in the Islamic calendar)." ...
