Surprised the court officials didn’t wear white, but I guess standing out from the other countries is good. But also, the black will look nice for longer since white is obviously easily stained. Thanks for the video, very informative. I also believe the leather lamellar you were referring to is called laminar armor.
Hey! This is Shelby! Thanks for the feedback! About the lamellar vs laminar, often you might be right! Many leather armors were laminar, but what we saw in the middle east and central Asia at the time was lamellar. The difference between the two is that lames in laminar are horizontal strips or plates, while lamellar is made of individual scales. Maybe I'll do a video talking about the differences between laminar, lamellar and scale armor!
Also, just kinda adding on here, the Abbasids used black because they were distinguishing themselves from the Ummayid who wore white. Also they were looking at the prophecy of the Mahdi! Maybe another video idea should be about the clothing and fashion of the Abbasids. And I should add that the Mongols used laminar armor as well.
@@shelbydyer612 Thanks a lot! I’m not all too knowledgeable about the Middle East in the 700-1200s, nor Central Asia during that time, more just Europe throughout history, as well as later medieval history, and during the mongols. I guess I just didn’t know about, or wasn’t that open minded to the idea, that leather could be used for lamellar 😅, but we learn everyday.
I might ask what were the values of the military aristocracy? Not Janissary or Mamluk, more the landed men expected to serve. Valued skills, mindset for doing violence, etc? The social yes and no, the key literary works a respected man should know. Dont need a video, just a reliable book recommendation or source
Surprised the court officials didn’t wear white, but I guess standing out from the other countries is good. But also, the black will look nice for longer since white is obviously easily stained. Thanks for the video, very informative. I also believe the leather lamellar you were referring to is called laminar armor.
Hey! This is Shelby! Thanks for the feedback! About the lamellar vs laminar, often you might be right! Many leather armors were laminar, but what we saw in the middle east and central Asia at the time was lamellar. The difference between the two is that lames in laminar are horizontal strips or plates, while lamellar is made of individual scales. Maybe I'll do a video talking about the differences between laminar, lamellar and scale armor!
Also, just kinda adding on here, the Abbasids used black because they were distinguishing themselves from the Ummayid who wore white. Also they were looking at the prophecy of the Mahdi! Maybe another video idea should be about the clothing and fashion of the Abbasids. And I should add that the Mongols used laminar armor as well.
@@shelbydyer612 Thanks a lot! I’m not all too knowledgeable about the Middle East in the 700-1200s, nor Central Asia during that time, more just Europe throughout history, as well as later medieval history, and during the mongols. I guess I just didn’t know about, or wasn’t that open minded to the idea, that leather could be used for lamellar 😅, but we learn everyday.
I might ask what were the values of the military aristocracy? Not Janissary or Mamluk, more the landed men expected to serve. Valued skills, mindset for doing violence, etc? The social yes and no, the key literary works a respected man should know. Dont need a video, just a reliable book recommendation or source