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While some of these are appropriate for documentation, some are also modern photos of styles that have been around for centuries.
Likewise, a few are reproductions, but I'm all about getting ideas wherever you can.
Chronical of Alfonso X of Castile Christians and Arabs in battle, Moorish, 13th century DBA Camps A woodcut with a Moorish round pavilion Bavarian Army Museum: Pavilion of Grand Vizier Suleimann. Photo at the museum website. Text is in German. Tour of the Bavarian Army museum in Ingolstadt Same pavilion, more and better reference photos. Middle Eastern Medieval Tent. This page has a link to the original article with more text & photo references. Medival Pavilion Resources: Middle Eastern Tents Index of links to articles & photos Library of Hungarian Studies A Turkish ceremonial tent The Polish Nobility Commonwealth Guild Long Beach Renasisance Festival. Always an entertaining way to get ideas. The Royal Armory at Stockholm: Max Dregers Library A drawing from 1727. The image is at the bottom of the page. turkishculture.org Turkish traveler's tent, 17th century Turkish Tents From the Turkish Culture website. Scroll down to bottom for more photos. Also article for Ottoman tents. The Legacy of Ghengis Khan: The Mongols and Islam Tent Mosque. Iran, early 14th century Iran Daily Newspaper Yurt. Scroll down about 3/4 page The Afshar Nomads of Iran Scroll down about 1/4 page. There's a few tent photos inside & out. Nomads of Iran Many Iranian tent photos including the frame without the cover. Who says dome tents aren't period? p4A.com, ltd Persian miniature painting Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts Another Persian miniature, example of a day-shade Christ Church Episcopal School 3/4 down the page. Zhang tent, China. China Trip 1995 Bottom of the page. Another Chinese tent, similar to European marquis Qinghai Yet another Chinese...this one seems similar to the nomadic bazaar-style tents. University of Melbourne: Land and Food Resources Tibetan Nomad tent Tibet Glimpse Another tibetan. Scroll down bottom of page. Trip to China 2002 Two yurts from China.Scroll halfway down. Trip to China 2002 (The photo link with the woman sitting in front seems to be broken) Islamic Relief Worldwide. 2nd photo down, Pakistan. Looks to be a yurt. Photo doesn't really show much but look at the fabric pattern! Bazaar Tents Two examples from a commercial tentmaker. Photos from a trip to Pakistan. Notice the runner shade in the background.
To get to to the main photo page, click on the blue square above the photo. To get to the home page, click on the up arrow. Scroll to the bottom of the page and contact info is there, the author invites questions & such. He ought to invite a new page designer to make the page easier to navigate.
Other Links The Origins of Middle Eastern Cooking. Not about tents, but it came up in the search. Includes recipes. Turkish Cultural Foundation. A collection of neat stuff. Cross & Crescent: The Turkish Age in Hungary (1526-1699) Nemrut Dagh. Turkish gophers/bobbleheads. Couldn't resist. em-4 Miniatures Now nobody has an excuse not to have a period-style tent. Oh, you wanted something you could sleep in?
This page is the result of a bit of time & effort doing various searches. If a link is broken or you're having trouble navigating a page, let me know & I'll do what I can to help. If you're visiting one of these links and a camel spits on you, I cannot be held responsible but I'd like to know about it. I can always use a good laugh. Photos would be cool too!