This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in:English, German, Arabic. Name of Object:Battle axe of a member of the Sultan's Guard Location:Vienna, Austria Holding Museum:Kunsthistorisches Museum About Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Date of Object:Hegira 900–904 / AD 1495–1499 Museum Inventory Number:HJRK_C_113 Material(s) / Technique(s):Iron, gold damascening, heat-blued Dimensions:Length: 99.5cm, Width: 20.5cm Period / Dynasty:Mamluk Provenance:Egypt? Description:This axe belonged to a member of the Life Guards of Sultan Muhammad ibn Qaytbay from the Caucasian-Burji Mamluks. The Mamluks ruled Egypt and Syria from AD 1250 until their empire fell to the Ottomans in AD 1517, when a wealth of Mamluk booty was removed to Istanbul. How date and origin were established:Inscription How Object was obtained:Via Istanbul; long-standing Imperial property How provenance was established:Inventories of the Imperial property Selected bibliography:Pfaffenbichler, Matthias and Sternthal, Barbara (eds), Kreuzritter. Pilger. Krieger. Abenteurer, Schallaburg: Schallaburg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft, 2007. Citation of this web page:Matthias Pfaffenbichler, Tobias Roeder "Battle axe of a member of the Sultan's Guard" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;20;en Prepared by: Matthias Pfaffenbichler, Tobias Roeder
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