A gift for Sultan Muhammad Ibn Tughluq of India

M.carter · 15th May 2005, 05:16 PM

Well they are briefly mentioned in the Furussiya manual as of good quality "suyuff hadeetha", and also in "Islamic Weapons Maghrib to Moghul". I believe that after 1517 when the Ottomans conquered Egypt, sword making in Egypt started to produce Turkish style Kilijs (same goes for Syria). The egyptian swords in "Islamic Weapons Maghrib to Moghul" are Kilij style. As to what they looked like before that (Ibn Battuta's time) I bet no one really knows. In "Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths", most of Sultan Qaytbay of the Burji Mamluks swords are straight, double edged, these are most probably made in Egypt. Some of them are curved though. There are also many other Mamluk swords in the book, but it is not listed as to where these were made (Syria, Egypt or Turkey).

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15th May 2005, 05:16 PM	#8
M.carter Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 176	Well they are briefly mentioned in the Furussiya manual as of good quality "suyuff hadeetha", and also in "Islamic Weapons Maghrib to Moghul". I believe that after 1517 when the Ottomans conquered Egypt, sword making in Egypt started to produce Turkish style Kilijs (same goes for Syria). The egyptian swords in "Islamic Weapons Maghrib to Moghul" are Kilij style. As to what they looked like before that (Ibn Battuta's time) I bet no one really knows. In "Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths", most of Sultan Qaytbay of the Burji Mamluks swords are straight, double edged, these are most probably made in Egypt. Some of them are curved though. There are also many other Mamluk swords in the book, but it is not listed as to where these were made (Syria, Egypt or Turkey).