Arabic talisman translation requst

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Salaams Jim,
Decorative techniques are a particular interest to me and often a fairly accurate guestimate can be made as to where an item is from by its style. I have a number of excellent publications about Arab and Islamic Silver Jewellery and decoration and would like to get them added to the Forums Bibliography which is under construction ... How do I go about adding reference book names to that facility please?

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

Hi Ibrahiim,
That is great! and would be outstanding additions to add to the corpus of important literature useful in studying these arms. It is interesting that these subjects often hold important detail in the decoration of arms, and in the case of Indian weapons references on jewellery and coinage have proved most useful. In studying motif often oriental carpet information can often have clues.
Please contact me privately and I will get the information added OK.

I hope that we can advance the status of this important resource here and that members will take the opportunity to use it as well as become familiar with using the 'search' feature. The material we have archived here through the years is a veritable treasure trove, and I am very grateful for all you continue to add to it as well. Thank you so very much.

All the best,
Jim