Ayyubid Mounted Crossbowmen

[Druzhina]

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. The trigger mechanism can be seen.

Other illustrations of Ayyubids on a Glass Water-Flask, British Museum 1869,0120.3

Another illustration from the Levant is The base of the Freer Canteen, with friezes of Christian or Muslim horsemen including two mounted-crossbowmen.


From a later period is Mamluk mounted crossbow & bow shooting in Kitsab al-makhzun jami` al-funun by ibn akhî hizâm - A Mamluk manual of military practice and horsemanship, Egypt or Syria, 1470

Druzhina
Illustrations of Egyptian and Syrian Costume & Soldiers

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Beautiful D

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil

[Subedai]

As you say, very rare. Another good find.