Studies on Mounted Warfare in Asia II: The Iranian Tradition – The Armoured Horse Archer in the Middle East, c . ce 550–1350

2014/12/16 by Eduard Alofs · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Islamic Studies and History

paper · doi:10.1177/0968344513518333

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Abstract

In this article the author models the Iranian military tradition of west Asia on the basis of the Roman literature of the early Byzantine period and the Arabic and Persian literature of the Muslim period.

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