Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawaikh
Date Description Source Reference
1314 A.D. On the right are two bell tents with a decorated border just below the roof line and the tip of the conical top is cut off and a little nob is evident, the guy ropes are visible from the edge of the roof line. 1. Red with black border with gold detailing. 2. White with red and white border decoration. 

Between bell tents 1 & 2 there is another tent which appears to be of a different design possibly a wedge tent, yellow with a red design in top left hand corner of the roof. 

In the foreground is a smaller wedge tent with; a expanded section at either end with pegs hold out each section, the lower edge has a loose material falling to the ground, a guy rope extends from the top of each end of the tent.

  “A Tabriz miniature of about 1314 depicting the besieged defenders of a town advancing to battle.” Edinburgh University Library [Or.Ms.20, Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-Tawaikh (Tabriz c. A.D. 1314) folio. 125V].  Humble, R., Warfare in the Middle Ages, London, 1989, p. 106. 

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