Matrak Explained
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.
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Notes and References
- 2004 . International Journal of Turkish Studies . International Journal of Turkish Studies . University of Wisconsin . 10 . 1–2 . 57 . The famous Bosnian writer Nasuh Matrakci (d. 1564 in all likelihood) is represented by two manuscripts.
- Web site: Salim Ayduz. Nasuh Al-Matrakî, A Noteworthy Ottoman Artist-Mathematician of the Sixteenth Century. muslimheritage.com. Muslim Heritage. 3 March 2015. en.
- Encyclopedia: The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture . 2 . Jonathan M. Bloom . Sheila Blair . Oxford University Press . 2009 . 49 . Nasuh Matrakci [Nasuh al-Silahi al-Matraqi; Nasuh ibn Qaragoz ibn 'Abdallah al-Busnawi] (b. Visoko, Bosnia....
- Web site: The Ottoman Palace School Enderun and the Man with Multiple Talents, Matrakçı Nasuh, p. 23 . Corlu, M. Sencer . Burlbaw, Lynn M. . Capraro, Robert M . Corlu, M. Ali . Han, Sunyoung . amp . 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 . 5 January 2013.
