Matrak
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Matrak is an Ottoman combat sport based on sword and shield fighting, Invented by the Ottoman Bosnian statesman,[1] historian and scientist Nasuh Matrakčija Visočak (full name in Turkish: Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Bosnavî) in the 16th century.[2][3][4] It is played with wooden sticks covered with leather simulating a sword, and a wooden leather covered shield. The top of the sticks are rounded and slightly wider than the body resembling bowling pins. The game is a kind of combat simulation, and is played on a lawn. It was used by Ottoman soldiers as practice for melee combat.
In the television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, it is shown as a combat-game.
References[edit]
- ^ "International Journal of Turkish Studies". International Journal of Turkish Studies. 10 (1–2). University of Wisconsin: 57. 2004.
The famous Bosnian writer Nasuh Matrakci (d. 1564 in all likelihood) is represented by two manuscripts
- ^ Salim Ayduz. "Nasuh Al-Matrakî, A Noteworthy Ottoman Artist-Mathematician of the Sixteenth Century". muslimheritage.com. Muslim Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ Jonathan M. Bloom; Sheila Blair (2009). "Nasuh Matrakci [Nasuh al-Silahi al-Matraqi; Nasuh ibn Qaragoz ibn 'Abdallah al-Busnawi] (b. Visoko, Bosnia...". The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 49.
- ^ Corlu, M. Sencer; Burlbaw, Lynn M.; Capraro, Robert M; Corlu, M. Ali & Han, Sunyoung. "The Ottoman Palace School Enderun and the Man with Multiple Talents, Matrakçı Nasuh, p. 23". Journal of the Korea Society of Mathematical Education Series D: Research in Mathematical Education Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2010, 19–31. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
External links[edit]
- Türkiye Geleneksel Spor Dalları Federasyonu "Matrak" (in Turkish)
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