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Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking

Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking: Kindi's treatise "On swords and their kinds" (edi…

by Allan, James, Hoyland, Robert G., Kindī, Gilmour, Brian J. J., Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial."

fromGibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies

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One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exis…