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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA
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Why so early (18th century and beyond ) is because vaguely I recall similar shaped Mongolic (hence Tartar...) helmets anywhehre between 15th and beggining of 18th century, in Timurid & Safavid Persia or Mughul Empire. The best source to see this helmets would be Indo-Persian miniatures and I will try to find some representative ones... Does anyone own ilustrations from the Tarikh-i-Khandana-i-Timuria manuscript or similar, that might help me spot some light on my theory ! I will not opose at all to the very late theory (19th century) but I am trying my luck to research to push it further as I "have a feeling" (there you go, I said it !!!) its earliear but please consider that I am not considering the chainmail for the moment... How about the inscription, anyone dare ? Last edited by Radu Transylvanicus; 3rd May 2005 at 09:59 AM. |
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