101 Objects from the Lands of Islam- How to Count, Cook, Calligraph and More, From Morocco to Indonesia, #65-#71

War and Power

-OTTOMAN TUGHRA (#71), AS A SEAL STAMP OR CALLIGRAPHY, SYMBOL OF SULTAN’S AUTHORITY

-JADE FLY WHISK HANDLE, SYMBOL OF RULER’S AUTHORITY, HOW THE SO-CALLED “FLY WHISK INCIDENT”, IN WHICH THE OTTOMAN DEY OF ALGERIA SLAPPED THE FACE OF THE FRENCH CONSUL, LEADING TO A 120 YEAR OCCUPATION

-OTTOMAN CAMPAIGN TENT, some tents were of dedicated use for executions, with a central post as neck chopping block

-DATE PALM and CROSSED SWORDS, on the COAT OF ARMS of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, SYMBOLS of LIFE and DEATH

-TURBAN HELMET, WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE TWISTED FLUTING

-ARCHERY THUMB RING, MANY ARE ORNATE, BEJEWELED, GILDED, SYMBOL OF ROYAL MILITARY PROWESS,

-HORSE STIRRUP, FROM TURKIC TRIBES OF ASIAN STEPPE, MADE POSSIBLE THE FORWARD EQUESTRIAN SEAT, THE SPANISH SAY "A LA JINETE", FROM ZENATA, NORTH AFRICAN BERBER LIGHT CAVALRY WHO ADOPTED THE STIRRUP MOST SUCCESSFULLY

credit VandA Museum, 19th C Indian flywhisk handle