ÿþ<html><head> <BASE HREF="http://housebarra.com/PastTimes/eastern-tents/"> <title>Eastern Tent Links</title></head> <body background="/PastTimes/tents/meback.gif"> <center><font size=6><b><i>Eastern & African Tent Resources, Ideas, Etc.</b></i></center></font> <ul><ul><ul><b> While some of these are appropriate for documentation, some are also modern photos of styles that have been around for centuries.<br> Likewise, a few are reproductions, but I'm all about getting ideas wherever you can.</p> <img src="/PastTimes/tents/space.gif" border=0><br> </p> <a href="http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/alfonsox.htm">Chronical of Alfonso X of Castile</a> Christians and Arabs in battle, Moorish, 13th century </p> <a href="http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~kuijt/dbaCamps/camps.html">DBA Camps</a> A woodcut with a Moorish round pavilion </p> <a href="http://www.bayerisches-armeemuseum.de/seiten/1718jhd_t.html">Bavarian Army Museum: Pavilion of Grand Vizier Suleimann.</a> Photo at the museum website. Text is in German.</p> <a href="http://www.greydragon.org/trips/Oct-D&E/index5.html">Tour of the Bavarian Army museum in Ingolstadt</a> Same pavilion, more and better reference photos. </p> <a href="http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/xfigure2.htm">Middle Eastern Medieval Tent.</a> This page has a link to the original article with more text & photo references.</p> <a href="http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/tentlinks2.htm#middleeasterntents">Medival Pavilion Resources: Middle Eastern Tents</a> Index of links to articles & photos</p> <a href="http://mek.oszk.hu/01900/01911/html/index452.html">Library of Hungarian Studies</a> A Turkish ceremonial tent</p> <a href="http://www.lacma.org/khan/3/3.htm">The Legacy of Ghengis Khan: The Mongols and Islam</a> Tent Mosque. Iran, early 14th century</a></p> <a href="http://nomadplace.com/afshar/">The Afshar Nomads of Iran</a> Scroll down about 1/4 page. Bedouin tents of black goat-hair, with reed walls.</p> <a href="http://www.p4a.com/itemsummary/160847.htm">p4A.com, ltd</a> Persian miniature painting</p> <a href="http://www.griffons.com/index.cfm?frm=details&piid=1111&cid=3&scid1=13&CFID=1027776&CFTOKEN=11392133">Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts</a> Another Persian miniature, example of a day-shade</p> <a href="http://www.cces.org/munnchina3.html">Christ Church Episcopal School</a> 3/4 down the page. Zhang tent, China.</p> <a href="http://www.hkcrystal.com/photos/1995/china3.htm">China Trip 1995</a> Bottom of the page. Another Chinese tent, similar to European marquis</a></p> <a href="http://www.chinaplanner.com/qinghai/qha_mtku.htm">Qinghai</a> Yet another Chinese...this one seems similar to the nomadic bazaar-style tents.</a></p> <a href="http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/research/yaks/picture10.html">University of Melbourne: Land and Food Resources</a> Tibetan Nomad tent</p> <a href="http://timewaveca.tripod.com/KrisYingonChinaTrip/">Trip to China 2002</a> Two yurts from China.Scroll halfway down.</p> <a href="http://timewaveca.tripod.com/KrisYingonChinaTrip/Ying-tent.jpg">Trip to China 2002</a> (The photo link with the woman sitting in front seems to be broken)</p> <a href="http://www.islamic-relief.com/projects/pakistan/2.htm">Islamic Relief Worldwide.</a> 2nd photo down, Pakistan. Looks to be a yurt. Photo doesn't really show much but look at the fabric pattern!</p> <a href="http://www.bazaartents.co.uk/tentsnew.htm">Bazaar Tents</a> Two examples from a commercial tentmaker. </p> <hr><br> <i>Other Links</i></p> <a href="http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS_ART/mideast/origins_mid_east_cooking.html">The Origins of Middle Eastern Cooking.</a> Not about tents, but it came up in the search. Includes recipes.</p> <a href="http://www.turkishculture.org/">Turkish Cultural Foundation.</a> A collection of neat stuff.</p> <a href="http://mek.oszk.hu/01900/01911/html/">Cross & Crescent:</a> The Turkish Age in Hungary (1526-1699) </p> <a href="http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/15mm_Baggage_Camps.html">em-4 Miniatures</a> Now nobody has an excuse not to have a period-style tent. Oh, you wanted something you could sleep in?</p> <hr><br> This page is the result of a bit of time & effort doing various searches. 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