Need references for viking era Muslim fashion -- myArmoury.com

Anders Backlund

My younger brother is working on a comic book concept with a viking theme, and has asked me to help out with some research. Specifically, he needs reference material for how Arabs (or Muslim people in general) dressed in the viking age.

I was just wondering if anyone here could provide or point me at some decent references, preferably with pictures.

G K Vaughn · Posted: Sat 28 Jul, 2012 2:13 pm Post subject:

There's a good Osprey book called "Armies of the Caliphates 862–1098" which has a large number of images of common Arabic dress of the period. I just checked, and Kult of Athena has it for twelve bucks.

Anders Backlund · Posted: Mon 13 Aug, 2012 9:24 am Post subject:

Thanks for the suggestion. Can't seem to find that title for sale around these parts, so I will have to ask my brother if he's okay with ordering from abroad.

I did find Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries closer to home. Might that be comparable?