Archery - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Archery - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Nicolle, David

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060675
Doc. NO	:	ALei1072
Main Entry	:	Nicolle, David
Title & Author	:	Archery - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Nicolle, David
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,926 words)
Abstract	:	Archery is the aspect of Islamic military technology that has received the most attention from historians because it played such a significant role in Islamic military history. It certainly enjoys an elevated status in ḥadīth and was sometimes regarded as an almost mystical activity. However, it is important to note that Islamic archery traditions were not synonymous with horse archery. Archery amongst the early Muslim Arabs was an infantry affair and largely remained so until after the ʿAbbāsid takeover of the caliphate in the mid-second/eighth century. Furthermore, this
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1072.pdf