Islamic Talismans on the Battlefield
Inscriptions and images on Islamic arms and armour were believed to provide their wearers with safety and success in combat. The exhibition ‘Power and Piety: Islamic Talismans on the Battlefield’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will examine the role of text and image in the construction and function of arms and armour in the Islamic world. Read more.
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Ottoman Banner (A.D. 1819–20), Turkey, probably Istanbul. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cuirass, Char-aina (four- mirror) type (18th–19th century), Iran. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Folio from an Ottoman Prayer Book signed ʿAbd al-Qadir Hisari’ (A.D. 1766), Turkey. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Helmet (17th century), India. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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