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Old 11th July 2017, 12:40 PM   #25
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
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Naturally Maces were not the sole domain of one or two armies .. Eventually they spread far and wide as described below from this excellent resource ~

http://otlichnik.tripod.com/medmace3.html

Quote" Flanged mace heads are common throughout the northern Islamic world, in Persian and Turkic dominated areas from the 12th century on. It is possible that the popularity, if not the actual design, of flanged maces spread into Western Europe through contacts forged during the crusades - in particular contacts with the Seljuk Turks. Flanged maces were known in ancient times in the Iranian lands and the design may have survived in these parts through the “dark ages”." Unquote.

And that makes telling the difference between Flanged Maces very difficult indeed !!

Below the caption described these as Indo Persian Maces... which to the non specialist is equally confusing . Maces are best looked at singly and as they appear viewing any script or typical haft decoration and by a process of elimination and having gone through the different heads.. Flanged, Round, Polylobate, Spiked, Zoomorphic..etc.

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