An Aqqoyunlu Turban Helmet from The Saint Irene Arsenal, Eastern Anatolia or Northwest Persia, Late 15th Century

Sotheby's London, 19 February 1973, lot 178

N. Samuel Collection

Hew Kennedy Collection

Philippe Missillier Collection, London, by 1988, no.20C

Howard Ricketts Ltd., 1972, no.34

H. Ricketts and P. Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris: Acte-Expo, 1988, pp.22-23, no.10

inscriptions

At the top:

al-‘izz al-mawlana al-sultan al-azam

‘Glory [to] our Lord, the Greatest Sultan’

At the bottom:

al-‘izz al-da’im wal-iqbal wal-dawla al-sultan khaqan wal-mu‘azzim wal-khalifa al-muwalid

‘Perpetual glory and prosperity and wealth. The Sultan, [the] mighty Khaqan and the Caliph…’