03-27-2013, 01:07 PM
The siyah works like a kind of lever in the second half of the draw, so to the archer it seems as if he has to use less force as he starts to aim, W.F. Paterson in his "The archers of Islam" in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 9(1966). Also, by shortening the length of the curving part of the bow, it diminishes its kick and its vibration, concentrating al the released energy in the discharge of the arrow, Bergman,McEwan&Miller "Experimental Archery" in Antiquity 62(1988).
You seem very interested in archery, perhaps you know Latham&Paterson's Saracen Archery? Another good one is Arab archery by Faris&Elmer, Boudot-Lamotte's Contribution a l'étude de l'archerie musulmane, Louis Mercier La chasse et les sports ches les Arabes, McEwen's "Persian Archery Texts" in The Islamic Quarterly 18 3/4(1974) and the articles by Bede Dwyer on www.atarn.org.
You seem very interested in archery, perhaps you know Latham&Paterson's Saracen Archery? Another good one is Arab archery by Faris&Elmer, Boudot-Lamotte's Contribution a l'étude de l'archerie musulmane, Louis Mercier La chasse et les sports ches les Arabes, McEwen's "Persian Archery Texts" in The Islamic Quarterly 18 3/4(1974) and the articles by Bede Dwyer on www.atarn.org.