Mamluk kanjifah cards

Identifier: ARTH475_JRW_001
Title: Mamluk kanjifah cards
Description: hand-drawn and hand-painted Mamluk playing cards, Mulūk wa-nuwwāb (kings and deputies). 6th-century Mamluk playing cards (kanjifah). From left to right: 6 of coins, 10 of polo sticks, 3 of cups (called "myriads"), and 7 of swords.
Creator: Unknown
Cataloger: Jaime Williams
Date: ca. 1400- early 1500s
Time Period: Mamluk Empire, Medieval Period
Geographic Location: Egypt (ancient); Ancient Syria; Akhmīm
Collection: Topkapi Palace Museum
Type: playing card
Medium: paper
Extent: 252 x 95 mm
Subject: Medieval styles and periods; Mamluk (culture or style); Ancient Syrian; Ancient African; Arabic (language); calligraphy (visual works); tarot cards
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