Shirt of Mail and Plate

Inscription: Inscriptions on the front:

a. Across the top: ملکه خراسان )؟( / الامرا )؟( …
His dominion, Khurasan (?), the amirs (?) . . .

b. Along the bottom: العز في الطا ]عة[ و / و اكتاف )؟( رقاب )؟(
Glory is in obedience and . . . and shoulders (?), necks (?).

c. In the two cartouches in the middle section: ... العالم )؟( / ...
. . . the Wise (?) . . .

Inscriptions on the back:

d. In large letters at the top of the center section and at the bottom of the right and left sections: الجماعة / الدولة / السلام
Community, wealth, peace.

e. Undeciphered large letters at the top of the right and left sections:

f. An undeciphered word consisting of five letters, repeated in three cartouches,
one in the center section, one in the middle of the left section, and one in the middle
of the right section

g. In two plates across the bottom of the center section:
الع ]ز[ )؟( / الا]قبال[ )؟(
Glory (?), prosperity (?).

George Cameron Stone, New York (by 1934–d. November 18, 1935; his bequest to MMA).

Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Portland, ME: Southworth Press, 1934. fig. 51, no. 1, ill.

Alexander, David, Stuart W. Pyhrr, and Will Kwiatkowski. Islamic Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. pp. 30–31, no. 6, ill.