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| Keywords: Iranian - Helmet Inscribed with Arabesques - Walters 5167 - Group.jpg The wearer of this helmet would have been protected by the sturdy steel cap and nasal the thin section that slid down over the nose and by the chain mail around the face and neck Further protection for the Muslim warrior who may have been a cavalryman was provided by the inscription now largely effaced at the cap's lower edge It is part of a verse from the Qur'an that ends God is all-hearing all-knowing Sura al-Baqara chapter 2 verse 256 The overall arabesque or scrollwork design above the inscription is another common decorative motif on Islamic armor century 17 18 Early Modern steel with inlaid gold cm 34 7 20 4 diam accession number 51 67 5582 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Again Arms and Armor Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1940 Exhibition of Persian Art Iranian Institute New York 1940 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Indo-Persian armour in the Walters Art Museum Military helmets of Iran Medieval helmets of Iran Islamic metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran 17th-century helmets Camail aventail Kulah khud | ||||
