Matrak

Matrak is an Ottoman combat sport based on sword and shield fighting. Invented by famous Bosniak statesman of the Ottoman Empire, historian and scientist Nasuh Matrakčija Visočak (full name in Turkish: Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Bosnavî) in the 16th century.[1][2][3][4][5] 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. Osmanli Cenk Sanati Matrak, Author Efkan CALIS,2015, Ankara, Dunya Matrak Dernegi

In the television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, it is shown as a combat-game.

References

  1. ↑ Salim Ayduz. "Nasuh Al-Matrakî, A Noteworthy Ottoman Artist-Mathematician of the Sixteenth Century". muslimheritage.com. Muslim Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Jonathan M. Bloom; Sheila Blair. "The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture, Vol. 2". Oxford University Press (2009), p. 49; Nasuh Matrakci [Nasuh al-Silahi al-Matraqi; Nasuh ibn Qaragoz ibn 'Abdallah al-Busnawi] (b. Visoko, Bosnia...
  3. ↑ {{cite web After 1806 Matrak was forbidden by the Sultan II. Mahmud in all Ottoman lands. in 2008 Matrak was refounded by Efkan CALIS as a new sport. |url=http://www.academia.edu/480968/The_Ottoman_Palace_School_Enderun_and_the_Man_with_Multiple_Talents_Matrakci_Nasuh |title=The Ottoman Palace School Enderun and the Man with Multiple Talents, Matrakçı Nasuh, p. 23 |author1=Corlu, M. Sencer |author2=Burlbaw, Lynn, M. |author3=Capraro, Robert M |author4=Corlu, M. Ali |author5=Han, Sunyoung. |lastauthoramp=yes |date|work=Journal of the Korea Society of Mathematical Education Series D: Research in Mathematical Education Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2010, 19–31 |publisher=Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA |accessdate=5 January 2013}}
  4. ↑ "International Journal of Turkish Studies, vol. 10, issue 1-2". University of Wisconsin (2004), p. 57; The famous Bosnian writer Nasuh Matrakci (d. 1564 in all likelihood) is represented by two manuscripts:...
  5. ↑ Halil İnalcık; Cemal Kafadar. "Süleymân The Second [i.e. the First] and his time". Isis Press (1993), p. 270; Matrakci Nasuh was a devfirme boy from Bosnia trained in the palace school.


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