Shirt of Mail and Plate, 17th century, Probably Vijayapur, Karnātaka, Indian, Deccani, probably Vijayapur, Steel, iron, H. 35 5

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Shirt of Mail and Plate, 17th century, Probably Vijayapur, Karnātaka, Indian, Deccani, probably Vijayapur, Steel, iron, H. 35 5/8 in. ( cm); laid out flat with sleeves extended W. 78 in. ( cm); Wt. 25 lb. 10 oz. ( kg), Armor for Man, Mail shirts reinforced with steel or iron plates appear to have been developed first in Iran or Anatolia in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century. Variations of mail-and-plate armor were worn subsequently throughout the Middle East by the Persians, Ottomans, and Mamluks

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