Mughal armor
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Mughal armor, Mughal armor, Rajput armor. |
| Use: | armor |
| Creation time: | around 1526 |
| Working time: | until about 1858 |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior box in India |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about cm |
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A Mogul armor also Rajput armor also ind. Chitla Hazar Masha , engl. Coat of ten thousand nails is a protective weapon from the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1858) in India.
description
A Mogul armor is usually of a chain mail , which in a sheath of material ( Brigantine is sewn). Small overlapping metal plates are incorporated into the chain armor. They can be found in different places where the most sensitive parts of the body such as the lower abdomen, back and chest are located. Due to this construction, the armor is robust and yet light. The entire armor consists of several parts, breastplate, shoulder pieces, arm guards, pants and gloves. An Indian Kulah Khud serves as a helmet . In some versions, a rare version of the Kulah Khud with three nose irons is used. On the outside of the armor, additional metal plates are placed on the chest, upper arms and thighs for reinforcement. The tanks sewn into a brigantine were only worn by wealthy warriors. The lower ranks wore chain armor even without the brigantines.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 49, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5
