Robert Hales: Islamic Arms and Armour

[thinreadline]

Originally Posted by ariel

Don't have the Khalili's one.
But Bashir Muhammed's book is a different kettle of fish: it is a serious book about weapons as weapons, whereas the Hales' one is about weapons as objects of art. The former one has a multitude of simple, damaged and worn-out examples without any decorations. The latter one stresses the intact and heavily embellished beauty.
Different strokes for different folks.

I am not familiar with Bashir Muhammed's book , what sort of geographical area and time period does it cover please ?