u/Ibn_Fatih

I won't be fighting in it, but mostly wearing it for show at events. The helmet could be a simpler version but it's important to have that domed shape and maybe that design of the fluted section. Aventail isn't a must as I already have some mail rings that I could attach (maybe).

This is a meme question referencing the round mirror armor used by Ottomans and the rectangular mirror armor used by Safavids and Mughals

I've seen photos on Pinterest and other sites where Ottomans are depicted in various clothing, but at this point I am not sure wether these albums are of European or Ottoman author origins.

Salam Alaykum. I have a work on my college (I study history) and I need books on this topic that will help me write the work.

So the books can be overall about Persian culture, but also specifics like on the topic of religion, architecture, art, music, philosophy, etc...

I know the Mamluks had a similiar system, but what about the Ottomans. I remember there was this flag associated with Hayrettin Barbarossa, if it helps for the discussion.

Were there flags and coats of arms used by certain families in the Ottoman empire? What about military fractions like Akinjis, Delis, Spahis, Janissaries, etc... Do we have atleast some articles on this topic?

This is a topic that honestly baffled me and even -"traumatised"- me more than the topic about alcohol in the muslim world, as I have to admit, I used to have this idealistic romantic view of muslim history, but now I try to be objective.

I understand that sexuality as we think of it today, didn't exist back then. I also understand that regarding these same-gender relations, it's for the most part, an awful practice called pederasty.

But the question is how common was it? Was it something restricted to the outcasts and places of sin like taverns where people get drunk, or was it present also among the ruling class as we think of today's elites as ped*phile cult members?

What about the accusations on certain sultans and caliphs like Mahmud Ghazni and his slave Malik Ayaz whom are even written about in sufi poetry, or maybe Mehmed Fatih and the accusations against him based on accounts of him asking for Notaras' sons, relation with Radu and poetry about a man he saw in Galata?

Also, a thing I really can't wrap my mind around even as a person who appreciates sufi poetry, is why a lot of sufi poetry is full of allegories and metaphors of slave boys like Malik Ayaz? I understand that "the Beloved" is referring to Allah or His Messenger, alayhi salam, but still to my modern mind, the metaphors of slave boys, and the things that relate to it, are a culturally shock and disturbing.

So what's the historiographical verdict on this? Were these awful acts really common as some say? Are the rulers accused of it accused on sound basis or lies? Why the slave boy metaphor in poetry?

Thanks in advance

Salam Alaykum. I have been reading some stuff about alcohol consumption in medieval and pre-modern Islamic world and honestly some things like this are interesting.

For example I saw this quote from a book called "Angels tapping at the wine shop's door" in following quotations:

"The upper classes, it will be seen in subsequent chapters, drank from a sense of entitlement, enjoying alcohol as a 'right', one of the privileges traditionally granted to the khawāss, in Islamic lands. Abstention was something for commoners, the 'amma (pl. 'awāmm), ordinary folk, the people less well endowed with mental faculties and talent who were unable to restrain themselves."

I couldn't find the book to download in PDF, so I gotta ask, where did the aristocrats in the Islamic world get this idea? I read some things like how Evliya Çelebi recorded that at a ceremony at the court there was wine drinking and then later they prayed the afternoon prayer.

Also, it was even shocking how Ibn Sina drank wine when studying. I know there was dialogue among scholars regarding what is Khamr, but didn't they all agree that any amount of grape or date alcoholic beverage is haram? So in what contexts do we see even wine drinking even among people who are remembered for their good?

The one on the right and the one on the left are nice cheaper reproductions with cardboard (?) from the inside and the one in the middle is a bit higher felt production with no cardboard inside.

Also if someone has experience with fezes like these, would it be a mistake to wear it if it's raining as I'm afraid that it could decay or lose shape or color?