Sword, iron with brass pommel
France or Italy; middle of 14th century
L: 105.5 cm
Inventory number 1/1998
In 1365, Pierre de Lusignan – King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem – captured the Egyptian port of Alexandria. His men refused to carry on toward Cairo, however, and before the young Mamluk sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Shaban and his guardian managed to come to the aid of the city, the Christians had departed.
Some of the European weapons that had been taken or left were hung in Alexandria’s arsenal as trophies and given Arabic inscriptions. This one was donated by one of Shaban’s officers, Sayf al-Din al-Ukuz al-Malik Ashraf, in 769 H (1367-1368), but was later taken to Istanbul.
Some of the European weapons that had been taken or left were hung in Alexandria’s arsenal as trophies and given Arabic inscriptions. This one was donated by one of Shaban’s officers, Sayf al-Din al-Ukuz al-Malik Ashraf, in 769 H (1367-1368), but was later taken to Istanbul.
Published in
Published in
Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer: Gammelt jern: E. A. Christensens våbensamling, København 1968, cat.no. 48 and fig. 8, p. 46 and fig. 18, p. 77;
Ludvik Kalus: “Donations pieuses d'épées médiévales à l'Arsenal d'Alexandrie” in Revue des études islamiques, 50, 1982, cat.no. 11 [and 10?];
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 127;
Kjeld von Folsach, Joachim Meyer and Peter Wandel: Fighting, Hunting, Impressing. Arms and Armour from the Islamic World 1500-1850, The David Collection, Copenhagen 2021, cat.no. 6;
Ludvik Kalus: “Donations pieuses d'épées médiévales à l'Arsenal d'Alexandrie” in Revue des études islamiques, 50, 1982, cat.no. 11 [and 10?];
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 127;
Kjeld von Folsach, Joachim Meyer and Peter Wandel: Fighting, Hunting, Impressing. Arms and Armour from the Islamic World 1500-1850, The David Collection, Copenhagen 2021, cat.no. 6;
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