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Aid to sight: a 17th-century Persian treatise on sword classification from India

Aid to sight: a 17th-century Persian treatise on sword classification from India
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ISBN 9783000736643 (hardcover)
Author Moshtagh Khorasani, Manouchehr
Title Aid to sight : a 17th-century Persian treatise on sword classification from India / Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani
Publisher Frankfurt : Niloufar Books, 2022
Physical desc. 195 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm.
Note CB illustrations: pages 16-20, pictures 1-8, and pages 74-79, pictures 12-17 (In 02, folios 338v, 339r, 340v, 344r, 344v, Nujum al-Ulum).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Classification of Indian swords in modern research -- Sword classification in the Adam al-Harb va al-Soja-e (Customs of war and bravery) -- Sword classification in the Nujum al-Ulum (Stars of the sciences) -- Sword classification based on A 'in-e Akbari (The institutes of Akbar) -- Sword classification in the Ta'id Besarat (Aid to sight) -- Swordsmanship -- A complete translation and annotation -- A complete translation and annotation of the Ta'id Besarat (Aid to sight) -- Conclusion.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 02
Swords in literature
Swords -- In art
Swords -- India -- History
Persian literature -- 1500-1796 -- Themes, motives
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