A gift for Sultan Muhammad Ibn Tughluq of India

Aqtai · 17th May 2005, 10:48 AM

I have recently aquired Unsal Yucel's 'Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths' (it arrived in the post yesterday

). Although I had seen an Arabic version of it in Cairo many years ago.

Anyway Yucel has several pictures of 15th century swords made by smiths with the title or surname 'Al-Misri' which means 'The Egyptian'. This would indicate that the makers of these swords were Egyptian or at least had Egyptian ancestry.

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17th May 2005, 10:48 AM	#11
Aqtai Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 222	I have recently aquired Unsal Yucel's 'Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths' (it arrived in the post yesterday ). Although I had seen an Arabic version of it in Cairo many years ago. Anyway Yucel has several pictures of 15th century swords made by smiths with the title or surname 'Al-Misri' which means 'The Egyptian'. This would indicate that the makers of these swords were Egyptian or at least had Egyptian ancestry.