There isn't a lot of information on the Daylamis from the Elburz mountains south of the Caspian Sea. To start with, here are extracts from a doctoral thesis The military technology of classical Islam, concerning Daylamīs, by David Nicolle (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/Nicolle-Daylami.htm).
plus the pictorial sources referred to including:
Manuscript, 'Joshua' Rabula Gospels, 586 AD, north Syrian, Bib. Laur. Plut. 1, f.4r, Florence (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/6-10/Rabbula_Gospel-4r-b.htm)
Fatimid Manuscript with two soldiers, 11th - 12th Centuries, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_Ms_with_2_soldiers-11th-12thC.htm)
Paper fragment, 11th-12th centuries AD, Fatimid, Museum of Islamic Art no. 12801, Cairo (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_Turban-11-12C.htm)
Byzantine Plates - Herakleios, early 7th century, with scenes from the life of David, Metropolitan Museum, New York (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/6-10/Herakleios_plates.htm)
Manuscript from Mosul, Kitab al Diryak, mid-13th century AD, Nationalbibliothek, Ms. AF. 10, Vienna (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/Turk/Kitab_al-Diryaq-13C-frontis.htm)
Manuscript, 13th century AD, Syriac Jazirah, Bib. Vat., Ms. Syr. 559, Rome (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/13/Mar_Mattai_Manuscript-1220.htm)
Ceramic fragment, 10th-11th centuries AD, Fatimid, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/12/Fatimid_warrior_on_plate_fragment-12C.htm)
Manuscript, Book of Fixed Stars, 1009 AD, western Iranian or Iraq, Bodleian Lib., Ms. Marsh 144, Oxford (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Bodley-Marsh144-p110-Perseus.htm)
MIRROR SITES
Daylamis in The military technology of classical Islam by David Nicolle (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/Nicolle-Daylami.htm)
Manuscript, 'Joshua' Rabula Gospels, 586 AD, north Syrian, Bib. Laur. Plut. 1, f.4r, Florence (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/6-10/Rabbula_Gospel-4r-b.htm)
Fatimid Manuscript with two soldiers, 11th - 12th Centuries, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Fatimid_Ms_with_2_soldiers-11th-12thC.htm)
Paper fragment, 11th-12th centuries AD, Fatimid, Museum of Islamic Art no. 12801, Cairo (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Fatimid_Turban-11-12C.htm)
Byzantine Plates - Herakleios, early 7th century, with scenes from the life of David, Metropolitan Museum, New York (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/6-10/Herakleios_plates.htm)
Manuscript from Mosul, Kitab al Diryak, mid-13th century AD, Nationalbibliothek, Ms. AF. 10, Vienna (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/Turk/Kitab_al-Diryaq-13C-frontis.htm)
Manuscript, 13th century AD, Syriac Jazirah, Bib. Vat., Ms. Syr. 559, Rome (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/13/Mar_Mattai_Manuscript-1220.htm)
Ceramic fragment, 10th-11th centuries AD, Fatimid, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/12/Fatimid_warrior_on_plate_fragment-12C.htm)
Manuscript, Book of Fixed Stars, 1009 AD, western Iranian or Iraq, Bodleian Lib., Ms. Marsh 144, Oxford (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Bodley-Marsh144-p110-Perseus.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare2.netai.net/index.htm)
Good finds D, these must take you ages.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 30 September 2014, 05:58:28 PM
Good finds D, these must take you ages.
Yes, this is a gathering together of a lot of stuff.
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Contemporary descriptions of the zupin are usually translated as '2-bladed' or '2-pronged', that could be a pitch-fork, or a spearhead with a waist as preferred by David Nicolle, or a spear with a head at each end as in a Daylami Tribesman by Ian Heath in
Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/WRG/Dark_Ages-106-Daylami-Tribesman.htm)
Possibilities include:
Detail of top, Morgan Casket, Southern Italy, 11th-12th century (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_Morgan_Casket-top-detail.htm)
Detail of front, Morgan Casket, Southern Italy, 11th-12th century (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_Morgan_Casket-front-detail.htm)
Rear of ivory casket, Fatimid Sicily or Southern Italy, 11th-12th Centuries. Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_Pergamon_Ivory_casket-rear.htm)
See a summary of the written sources for Dailamis (http://tabulaenovaeexercituum.pbworks.com/w/page/14246666/Dailami%20Foot)
Daylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/O-125-Daylami_Infantryman-early11C.htm) is based on:
. 10th century plate excavated at Nishapur, Museum of Oriental Art, no. 2629/3258, Rome (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/6-10/Nishapur_plate.htm) (anyone have a better picture?)
. 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Su-fi, 1009-10AD (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144) (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Bodley-Marsh144-1009AD.htm)
MIRROR SITES
Daylami Tribesman by Ian Heath in
Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/WRG/Dark_Ages-106-Daylami-Tribesman.htm)
Morgan Casket, Southern Italy, 11th-12th century (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Fatimid_Morgan_Casket.htm)
Rear of ivory casket, Fatimid Sicily or Southern Italy, 11th-12th Centuries. Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Fatimid_Pergamon_Ivory_casket-rear.htm)
Daylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/O-125-Daylami_Infantryman-early11C.htm)
10th century plate excavated at Nishapur, Museum of Oriental Art, no. 2629/3258, Rome (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/6-10/Nishapur_plate.htm)
'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Su-fi, 1009-10AD (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144) (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Bodley-Marsh144-1009AD.htm)
Druzhina
11th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11C.htm)
A probable Daylami Fatimid Caliphal guard, early 11th century, by Angus McBride (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_plate_G-MAA_125.htm)
based on
Fatimid Ivory Plaque of Two Soldiers, 10th century, Louvre (http://www.warfare.meximas.com//11/Fatimid_Louvre_Ivory_plaque.htm),
Ceramic fragment, 10th-11th centuries AD, Fatimid, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/12/Fatimid_warrior_on_plate_fragment-12C.htm),
Fatimid Manuscript with two soldiers from Fustat, 11th - 12th Centuries, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (http://www.warfare.meximas.com/11/Fatimid_Ms_with_2_soldiers-11th-12thC.htm) (in at least 4 other books David Nicolle identifies this as an Arab or Berber)
and an unknown painted paper fragment from Fustat, Louvre, Paris. (any ideas?)
Although one of the main features of this figure is the carrying of 2 javelins, none of the sources I have found have 2 javelins. The 4th source may be Paper fragment, 11th-12th centuries AD, Fatimid, Museum of Islamic Art no. 12801, Cairo (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Fatimid_Turban-11-12C.htm) (if which museum is mistaken) which has 2 javelins.
MIRROR SITES
Daylami Fatimid Caliphal guard, early 11th century, by Angus McBride (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/11/Fatimid_plate_G-MAA_125.htm)
Fatimid Ivory Plaque of Two Soldiers, 10th century, Louvre (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in//11/Fatimid_Louvre_Ivory_plaque.htm)
Druzhina
10th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://www.warfare2.likamva.in/10C.htm)
Very nice sites, like the pot sherd too!