Untitled treatise on the arts of the lance and warfare Ṭabarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد [106v] (20/44)
The record is made up of Ff. 97r-118v. It was created in 15th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Incomplete text on horseback manoeuvres with the lance and general warfare (see f. 110v, lines 9-10: وقد ضمنت هذا الكتاب ما يوجب لمتعاطي الحرب...). A note on the volume's second flyleaf (ii-v) attributes this text to Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, active ca 9th century), author of the other two works in the present volume (Or 9265, ff. 1r-55r and Or 9265, ff. 55r-96v).
Contents:
- The lesser kahrad (باب الكهرد [...] الصغير, ff. 97r-102v);
- The greater kahrad (الكهرد الكبير, ff. 102v-105v);
- Fourteen sections (أبواب) on bunūd (solo horseback manoeuvres with the lance, ff. 105v-110v);
- A discourse on warfare (ff. 110v-112r);
- Thirteen chapters on al-manāṣib al-ḥarbīyah (المناصب الحربية: combat simulation between two mounted lancers, ff. 112r-118v);
- Beginning of a section on using the dagger ( dabbūs , دبوس, f. 118v).
Begins (f. 97r, lines 2-4)
باب الكهرد وهو أول التباطيل يسمي الكهرد
الصغير وهو السادس بند الدبوقة أوله
برا وثانيه أيضًا برا وثالثه أيضًا برا ؤرابعه
جوا...
Ends: (f. 118v, lines 11-13):
... الثاني عشر مشكل ضرب
الثالث عشر مشكل ضرب الرابع عشر الى حلق
ضرب الخامس عشر موجه ضرب السادس عشر...
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