Arms and Armor from Iran

Te Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period

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by Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani
Arms and Armor from Iran
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1. Introduction
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2. The Iranian cultural inuence
in the region and the Iranian
search for independence
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3. Copper, copper alloyed,
and bronze weapons
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One cast method (ghaleb ru baz)
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Cast-on method (ghaleb ru baste)
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Lost-wax process (vakse gomshode)
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Tanged dagger from Luristan
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Flanged dagger from Luristan
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Ear-lobed dagger from Luristan
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Cast-on dagger from Luristan
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Iron mask sword from Luristan
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Iron mask sword from Luristan
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Cast-on hilt with mushroom pommel
from Mazandaran
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Cast-on hilt with mushroom pommel
from Mazandaran
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4. Median and Achaemenian
daggers and swords
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Median akenakes depicted
on a stone relief from
Persepolis
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Persian akenakes depicted
on a stone relief from
Persepolis
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A golden akenakes from the
National Museum of Iran
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A Median akenakes from the National Museum of Iran
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Close-up of the scabbard chape of the Median
akenakes from the National Museum of Iran
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5. Parthian daggers and swords
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An excavated Parthian double-edged sword from the
National Museum of Iran
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Excavated Parthian double-edged daggers from the
National Museum of Iran
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6. Sassanian daggers and swords
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An excavated early Sassanian double-edged sword
from the National Museum of Iran
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A Sassanian sword
depicted on a rock relief
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A Sassanian sword with P-shaped scabbard
attachments and feather decoration
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7. The development of double-edged
straight swords to highly-curved
swords in Iran
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A highly-curved Persian sword from Safavid period
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8. Pulad-e johardar (watered steel)
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Te Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period
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Crucible steel cakes
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Te Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period
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Crucible steel bar
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Different patterns of watered steel
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Persian pattern welded steel
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9. Some decoration methods on
Iranian arms and armor
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Gold-inlaid inscriptions
Bandeye Shah Velayat Abbas
and
Bandeye Shah Velayat Hossein
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Gold-inlaid inscriptions
Bandeye Shah Velayat Abbas
and
Amal-e Assadollah Isfahani
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Gold-overlaid inscriptions
Al-Soltan Fath Ali Shah Qajar
on a Qajar helmet
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Carved walrus ivory handles of
khanjars from the Qajar period
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Te Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period
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An enameled khanjar from
the Qajar period
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Scabbard mouth of a khanjar from the Qajar period
with malilekari (silver ligree)
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Chiseled surface of a
Chahr Ayne
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10. Conclusion and future research
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11. Questions and answers