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01-09-2016, 03:16
Contemporary images of 13th century Saracen mounted-crossbowmen are rare but they do exist.
An image of an Ayyubid mounted-crossbowman on a Glass Water-Flask, Syria, 1250-60 (http://warfare.tk/13/Ayyubids_on_a_Glass_Flask-crossbow.htm). The trigger mechanism can be seen.
Other illustrations of Ayyubids on a Glass Water-Flask, British Museum 1869,0120.3 (http://warfare.tk/13/Ayyubids_on_a_Glass_Flask-1250-60.htm)
Another illustration from the Levant is The base of the Freer Canteen, with friezes of Christian or Muslim horsemen including two mounted-crossbowmen. (http://warfare.tk/13/Freer_Canteen-Base.htm)
From a later period is Mamluk mounted crossbow & bow shooting (http://warfare.tk/15/Arabe2824-82r.htm) in Kitsab al-makhzun jami` al-funun by ibn akhî hizâm - A Mamluk manual of military practice and horsemanship, Egypt or Syria, 1470 (http://warfare.tk/15/Arabe2824-Kitab_al-makhzun-1470.htm)
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Ayyubid mounted-crossbowman on a Glass Water-Flask, Syria, 1250-60 (http://warfare.ga/13/Ayyubids_on_a_Glass_Flask-crossbow.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Egyptian and Syrian Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.cf/Egypt.htm)
An image of an Ayyubid mounted-crossbowman on a Glass Water-Flask, Syria, 1250-60 (http://warfare.tk/13/Ayyubids_on_a_Glass_Flask-crossbow.htm). The trigger mechanism can be seen.
Other illustrations of Ayyubids on a Glass Water-Flask, British Museum 1869,0120.3 (http://warfare.tk/13/Ayyubids_on_a_Glass_Flask-1250-60.htm)
Another illustration from the Levant is The base of the Freer Canteen, with friezes of Christian or Muslim horsemen including two mounted-crossbowmen. (http://warfare.tk/13/Freer_Canteen-Base.htm)
From a later period is Mamluk mounted crossbow & bow shooting (http://warfare.tk/15/Arabe2824-82r.htm) in Kitsab al-makhzun jami` al-funun by ibn akhî hizâm - A Mamluk manual of military practice and horsemanship, Egypt or Syria, 1470 (http://warfare.tk/15/Arabe2824-Kitab_al-makhzun-1470.htm)
Mirror site
Ayyubid mounted-crossbowman on a Glass Water-Flask, Syria, 1250-60 (http://warfare.ga/13/Ayyubids_on_a_Glass_Flask-crossbow.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Egyptian and Syrian Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.cf/Egypt.htm)