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Illustrations of Jalayrids from a late 14th Century Shahnama
The figures wear contemporary dress or dress of no latter than the date of the illustration.'Fight in front of a city gate'
S. 2, Nr. 1: Reiterkampf vor einem Stadttor
Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A fol 70, image 2
Referenced as figures 171 & 172 in: M. GORELIK, "Oriental Armour of the Near and Middle East from the Eighth to the Fifteenth Centuries as Shown in Works of Art", in: Islamic Arms and Armour, ed. ROBERT ELGOOD, London 1979
171, 172. Miniatures from album, Tabriz, c.1370-1380. (Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Diez A)