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Detail on the Baptistère de Saint Louis


A larger image of the Baptistère de Saint Louis, Mamluk, Egypt or Syria, 1320–40AD. Musee du Louvre, Paris.


The basin's wide central, outer band depicts a finely crafted procession of Mamluk emirs,
or officials, among them a mace-bearer (jumaqdâr), axe-bearer (tabardân), and bow-bearer (bunduqdâr).

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Back to the Baptistère de Saint Louis, Mamluk, Egypt or Syria, 1320–40AD. Musee du Louvre, Paris.



Mamluk Tabardar in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath, based on the Baptistère de Saint Louis.