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    • Helmet, late 15th century; Ak–Koyunlu/Shivran
    Iranian
    Steel, engraved and damascened with silver; H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1950 (50.87)

    This especially attractive and well-preserved turban-shaped helmet is stamped with the mark used in the Ottoman arsenals, indicating that it, like several other turban helmets in the collection, passed into Turkish possession as booty with the Ottoman conquest of Iran and Caucasus. At least one turban helmet decorated in a style comparable to this example bears the name of Farrukh-Siar (r. 1464–1501), ruler of Shivran in the Caucasus. Such evidence suggests that the Museum's helmet is also of Shivran manufacture.

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  • Grube, Ernst J., et al.. "Art Treasures of Turkey." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 5 (January, 1968).
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  • Alexander, D. G.. "Two Aspects of Islamic Arms and Armor: I. The Turban Helmet and II. Watered Steel and the Waters of Paradise." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 18 (1983).
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  • Nickel, Helmut. "Arms and Armor: From the Permanent Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 49, no. 1 (Summer, 1991).
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  • Grancsay, Stephen V.. "The New Galleries of Oriental Arms and Armor." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 16, no. 9 (May, 1958)
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    • Helmet, late 15th century; Ak-Koyunlu/Shivran
    Iranian
    Steel, engraved and damascened with silver; H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1950 (50.87)

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