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Munyatu’l-Ghuzat

Munyatu’l-Ghuzat, A 14th-Century Mamluk-Kipchak Military Treatise

Published 1989
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press


The original manuscript consists of the following chapters:

  1. Mounting the horse
  2. Holding the lance
  3. Acts related to the use of the sword.
  4. Holding the shield (missing).
  5. Archery
  6. Hitting the ball (the game of polo)

This English edition of Munyatu’l-Ghuzat consists of the following chapters:

  1. Description of the manuscript and content analysis of the text (pp. 1-6)
  2. Linguistic analysis of the text (pp. 7-21)
  3. Transcription of the text in the Latin script (pp. 23-49)
  4. English translation (pp. 51-79)
  5. Analytical index to the text (pp. 81-141)

   Bibliography
   Appendix A - Technical terminology
   Appendix B - English glossary to the analytical index)
   A facsimile of the original manuscript

  Last Updated: October 2004