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Originally Posted by B.I
hi aqtai,
the topkapi swords are a great example of judging by comparison, as apposed to inscription. i can find out more about ricks sword, given time as i would love to know who attributed the date and on what basis. its easy to judge casually, but i am sure the statement was not made lightly.
btw, a good friend got into the basement of the museum in cairo (by invitation, not a window :-) and he said there were boxes, unopened for generations. a casual browse found a crate of ottoman 'turban' helmets, long forgotten about. it makes you wonder what else lurks in the darkened corners of such places.
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[Shudder]...
I can't bear to think of all that going to waste. Ironically neither the Cairo Military Museum or the Cairo Museum of Islamic Art have a Turban helmet on show. In fact the Museum of Islamic Art has only one helmet exhibited, which is of
kulah khud type.
What about the dagger above the "Sword of Beybars", is that Mamluk?
Finally here is a sword that is vaguely similar to the one the statue is holding:
