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90. Kihç and scabbard; leather-covered hilt with gilded silver 96. Jade archer's ring; inlaid with gold and set with rubies
pommel and guard; steel blade; leather-covered scabbard and emerald
with gilded silver chapes and sling mounts Second half sixteenth century
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Mid-sixteenth century Diameter, 4.0 (1 /16>
Back of lower chape stamped with the seal of Sultan Süleyman Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 2/83
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Length of sword, 96.0 (37 / 8); length of scabbard, 86.0 (33 /8> Topkapi Palace Collection
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Waffensammlung, A. 1341 (Istanbul 1983, E. 218)
Registered in the Ambras Castle Collection in Tirol 1583
(Grosz and Thomas 1936, 99, no. 21) 97. Mother-of-pearl plaque; inlaid with black organic
material and gold, and set with rubies and turquoises
91. Dagger; carved rock-crystal hilt inlaid with gold and set Second quarter sixteenth century
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with ruby and turquoises; steel blade with pierced central 6.5 X 8.5 (2 /i6 X 3 /i6>
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groove inlaid with gold Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Waffensammlung, C. 152b
Made for Sultan Selim I in 920 (1514/1515) Registered in the Ambras Castle Collection in Tirol in 1603
Inscribed on both sides of hilt in ebced (Sacken 1855, 292 and 293; Grosz and Thomas 1936, 101, no. 15)
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Length, 31.5 (12 /i 6 )
Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 2/254 98. Wicker shield; embroidered with red, tan, turquoise,
Topkapi Palace Collection white, and yellow silk and silver; gold-sheathed central boss
(Washington 1966, no. 237; Istanbul 1983, E. 80) set with rubies and turquoises
Second quarter sixteenth century
92. Dagger; carved ivory hilt; silver guard; steel blade inlaid Inscribed with two Persian couplets written in talik
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with gold Diameter, 59.5 (23 /i6>
Mid-sixteenth century Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 1/2466
Length, 36.0 (14Vi6) Topkapi Palace Collection
Riyadh, Rifaat Sheikh al-Ard Collection
Formerly in the Earls of Warwick Collection 99. Wicker shield; embroidered with beige, black, green, red,
(Geneva 1985, no. 315) and white silk and gold metallic threads; steel central boss
pierced and inlaid with gold
93. Dagger and scabbard; ivory hilt inlaid with black organic Mid-sixteenth century
material and set with rubies and turquoises; gilded silver Inscribed with Koranic verses (XLVIlI:l-3) written in sülüs
guard; steel blade with pierced central groove; silver scabbard Diameter, 59.0 (23'A)
partially gilded Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 1/1930
Second quarter sixteenth century Topkapi Palace Collection
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Length of dagger, 49.4 (19 /i6>; length of scabbard, 38.0 (14 /i6> (Arseven n.d., fig. 592; Paris 1953, no. 18; Istanbul 1983, E. 104)
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Waffensammlung, C. 152a
Registered in the Ambras Castle Collection in Tirol in 1603 100. Wicker shield; embroidered with cream, blue, brown,
(Sacken 1855, 297, no. 27; Grosz and Thomas 1936, 95, no. 7; green, and red silk and silver; steel central boss inlaid with
Thomas 1963-1964, fig. 6) gold
Mid-sixteenth century
94. Dagger and scabbard; jade hilt and scabbard inlaid with Inscribed with Koranic verse (11:255) written in nesih
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gold and set with rubies; gold guard set with rubies; fluted Diameter, 62.0 (24 /i 6)
steel blade inlaid with gold Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 1/2441
Second half sixteenth century Topkapi Palace Collection
Inscribed on one side of blade with three Persian couplets and on (Istanbul 1983, E. 105)
the other three Turkish couplets, both written in talik
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Length of dagger, 31.6 (12 /.6); length of scabbard, 21.6 (S / 2) 101. Wicker shield; embroidered with black, blue, cream,
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Waffensammlung, C. 208 green, and red silk and silver; steel central boss inlaid with
Registered in the Ambras Castle Collection in Tirol in 1603 gold
(Sacken 1855, 158 and 159, no. 8; Sarrc and Martin 1912, nos. 321 Mid-sixteenth century
and 322; Glück and Diez 1925, 473; Grosz and Thomas 1936, 95, Diameter, 64.0 (25 /i6)
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no. 10; Ivanov 1979, no. 67) Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 1/2571
Topkapi Palace Collection
95. Jade archer's ring; inlaid with gold and set with rubies (Washington 1966, no. 234; Mackie 1980, ill. 220; Tezcan 1983,
and emerald back cover; Istanbul 1983, E. 227)
Second half sixteenth century
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Diameter, 4.0 (! /i 6) 102. Wicker shield; embroidered with black, cream, green,
Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 2/74 and red silk and silver; steel central boss, pierced and inlaid
Topkapi Palace Collection with gold
(Istanbul 1983, E. 217) Second half sixteenth century

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