Shihna

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sharbush fur hat, boots, close-fitting coat.[1] Maqamat by Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), a high government official of the Seljuks. Mesopotamia, 1237 copy.[1]

Shiḥna (شحنة) was a medieval Islamic term meaning, roughly, "military administrator." The term was used particularly for the

southwest Asia in the 11th century and after, from Iran in Isfahan.[2]

List of shihnas

Baghdad

References

  1. ^ a b Flood, Finbarr Barry (2017). "A Turk in the Dukhang? Comparative Perspectives on Elite Dress in Medieval Ladakh and the Caucasus". Interaction in the Himalayas and Central Asia. Austrian Academy of Science Press: 232.
  2. ^ ALPTEKIN, COJKUN (1972). The Reign of Zangi (PDF). University of London. pp. 33–44.
  3. ^ .
  • "Shihna." Encyclopedia of Islam 3rd ed. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993.
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