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ISBN o 85045 125 6

The artist gratefully acknowledges the following sources: an article by Professor Dr Nurhan Atasoy of Istanbul IIniversitv. ‘Costumes of the Seljuk Turks’; Warrior to Soldier by A. V. B. Norman and

D.    Pottinger; Oriental Armour by H. Russell Robinson; European Armour by C. Blair; Histoire du Costume en Occident de l’Antiquite a nos Jours by F. Boucher; Armour and Weapons by P. Martin; The World of Islam by

E.    ). Grube.

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