Archery

2018 — New Turkish Paperback. Oblong large 8vo. (20 x 24 cm). In Turkish and original text in Mamluk-Kiptchak. 264 p., color ills. This book is a transcription of Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussab; a book on the knowledge of arrows or hulasa 'The essence', a late fourteenth century archery manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak and composed during the Mamluk reign in Egypt. This work is the earliest archery manual written in any Turkic language. Although many Arab historians have described the incredible feats of Turkish archers, our knowledge of their skills from Turkic sources written prior to the 14th century is limited to scanty and sporadic material collected from various glossaries and literary works.