Emblem description: Blank upper and lower fields, central field with a qabaq placed inside a unique field
Known emblem:
- A Qur’ān pulpit (main mosque, Qūṣ)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 139-140
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Asandamur al-Kurjī (d. 710-1/1310-1)
Emblem description: A sword on a unique field (either round or almond shape)
Known emblem:
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 79-80
Mūsā b. Yaghmūr (599/1202-3 663/1264-5)
Emblem description: White rosette without field
Known emblem:
- A vase (present location unknown)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 171
Baktūt al-Qaramānī (d. 749/1348)
Emblem description: Unknown color of the upper and lower fields, red khānja on a silver central field
Known emblem:
- A candlestick (present location unknown)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 100-101
Ṣirghitmish (d. 759/1358)
Emblem description: Upper field self-colored, white central field with a red buqja, red lower field
Known emblem:
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 208-210
Mankuwīrish (d. 688/1289)
Emblem description: Buqja on a unique field
Known emblem:
- A slab of limestone (‘Ajlūn)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 155-156
Qumārī (d. 747/1346)
Emblem description: Two fields. Lower field with polo-sticks
Known emblem:
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 191-192
Ṭurjī (d. 731/1331)
Emblem description: Blank upper and lower fields, red central field with a cup
Known emblem:
- A candlestick (present location unknown)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 240
Muḥammad b. Kitbughā
Emblem description: Two fields. A red cup on the lower field
Known emblem:
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 160-161
Alṭunbughā al-Māridīnī (d. 744/1343)
Emblem description: Red upper field, white lower field with red cup
Known emblem:
- A glass lamp (Cairo)
- Bronze revetments
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 63-64
Bahādur al-Ḥamawi
Emblem description: A buqja under an eagle on a unique field
Known emblem:
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 95-96
Mūsā b. ‘Alī b. Qalāwūn (687/1288-718/1318)
Emblem description: An eagle on a unique field
Known emblem:
- A page of a manuscript (Saint-Petersburg)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 169-170
Muḥammad al-‘Alawī
Emblem description: A tamga on a unique field
Known emblem:
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 159
Āqūsh al-Burnāq (d. 736/1335)
Emblem description: An eagle on a unique field
Known emblems:
- A tray (Cairo)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 71-72
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