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Horse Armour in the Medieval Islamic Middle East

Started by Erpingham, August 19, 2019, 06:22:03 PM

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Erpingham

Another serendipitous find which may be of interest to members of the forum.  By David Nicolle and very well illustrated. 

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Andreas Johansson

Quote from: David NicolleThe earliest widespread use of horse armour appears to have been in Inner Asia, perhaps more specifically in Khwarazm.

This claim surprised me. Even assuming armour for chariot horses doesn't count, I thought Neo-Assyrian cavalry horse armour predated anything known from Central Asia?
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Duncan Head

I can only assume that either he doesn't know that the Assyrian fabric caparisons exist, or else he doesn't regard them as "armour".
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