Hasan b. 'Ali b. al-Husayn b. al-Imam Mansour Billah al-Qasim b. Muhammad: Kitab al-maidan li arbab al-saif al-Sinan

OTTOMAN TURKEY OR SYRIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY

細節

Hasan b. 'Ali b. al-Husayn b. al-Imam Mansour Billah al-Qasim b. Muhammad: Kitab al-maidan li arbab al-saif al-Sinan
Ottoman Turkey or Syria, late 17th Century
Military science, Arabic manuscript on ivory paper, 25ff. with 21ll. of green naskh, titles in gold, opening folio with title of book in gold, light staining, in red morocco binding and flap with watered paper overlay
Folio 8½ x 6in. (21.5 x 15.2cm.)

拍品專文

This work on military science covers the use of the sword and arrows in the battlefield. The author is the great grandson of Qasim b. Muhammad, one of the leaders of the Zaidias of Yemen, who revolted against the Ottomans.