03-07-2014, 09:33 AM
While scanning through some articles, I found a different type of Ziyâr and author claims it was torsion powered. In the article, Black Camels and Blazing Bolts: The Bolt-Projecting Trebuchet in the Mamluk Army by Paul E. Chevedden;
Here, the mentioned drawing.
![[Image: topkunk.jpg]](http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/pics/histrac/topkunk.jpg)
Author doesn't mentions if it is written in account or his own interpretation of the picture. In my opinion, this should be noted to discuss about.
Quote:
"but a ziyâr, a machine identified in the Elegant Book, as a base mounted, two armed torsion catapult." 21.
21"An|q," fol. 33r; An|q, ed. ‘Abd al-‘Az|z, 73; An|q, ed. Hind|, 109–10: a crude drawing of a
ziya≠r, depicted as a bolt-projecting, two-armed torsion catapult mounted on a cruciform base, is
shown together with a pole-framed traction trebuchet and a trestle-framed counterweight trebuchet
atop a fortress tower. The projectile of the machine is a large bolt or shaft, identified by the term,
in Elegant Book as a base-mounted, two-armed torsion catapult.
Here, the mentioned drawing.
![[Image: topkunk.jpg]](http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/pics/histrac/topkunk.jpg)
Author doesn't mentions if it is written in account or his own interpretation of the picture. In my opinion, this should be noted to discuss about.
posted by Semih Koyuncu