Helmet

Unknown

dated A.H. 977/1588–89 CE · Steel, copper alloy, gold · Arms and Armor

This example is inscribed with the name Vizier Hasan Pāshā and the date A.H. 977 (A.D. 1588–89). A number of helmets and other elements of armor are engraved with the names of high-ranking Ottoman officials. These are not necessarily owners' names but presumably served as inventory markings, indicating the vizier who was responsible for the armories at the time or designating helmets that belonged to men under the vizier's command. Hasan Pāshā was governor of Egypt from 1580 to 1583.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dated A.H. 977/1588–89 CE

Medium

Steel, copper alloy, gold

Culture

Turkish

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935