The Persian Kings likely saw tolerance as a political strategy that gave their conquered subjects fewer reasons to rebel. This article explores Persian archery, Persian history, as well as …

Feb 15, 2013 · In Middle Persian, the word tigr/tīr stood for “arrow” (Tafazzoli, p. 193). Sogdian and other east-Iranian languages used a specialized terminology to describe arrows. …

Panjagān was either a projectile weapon or an archery technique used by the late military of Sasanian Persia, by which a volley of five arrows was shot. [1]

Sasanian silverware, showing a combat between two noble horsemen wearing scale armor, cuirass, chaps, and equipped with kontos, swords, quivers and arrows. The Aswārān (singular …

Arash the Archer (Persian: آرش کمانگیر Āraš-e Kamāngīr) is a heroic archer -figure of Iranian mythology. According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an …

Feb 23, 2018 · Typically the Persian cavalry would open the battle by harassing the enemy with hit and run attacks – shooting arrows and throwing small javelins - while the Persian sparabara …

The Persians were mostly armed with spears, arrows, and bows and so they did not need armor as compared to the Greeks who used heavier weaponry like axes and metal swords that …

Sep 18, 2015 · In the history of warfare, warriors of various cultures were renowned for their skill in using the bow and arrow. Of particular note were the soldiers of the Achaemenid Empire. …

Feb 10, 2014 · Archers couldn’t just be exposed to enemy fire, so a tactic that the Persians used was setting up wicker shield walls which sheltered archers as they shot volleys of arrows at …

The Persians were then on the lookout for a stronger arrow to penetrate the Turkish shields and gradually developed the oblique method of shooting as well as the taking of their aim from the …