Equipment details from Hamza, Mugal/Persian late 1500s.

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equipment hanging from tent pole, note saber belt/sznure wrapped around scabbard. Many pictures showed a pair of crossed sabers hanging with a shield, from a tent (or a wall as handy storage plus decoration.)

Note kalkan (shield) held as buckler, sword hanger from shoulder. Sometimes it was carried on the arm, but the great majority of times it is held as a buckler.

Kalkan again.  Note also the reins, shortened with a knot, on the horse's neck.

 Kalkan again.  Note also the reins tucked into the belt.

Note Kalkan strap and sznure (cord) sword hanger.  At the joints of the cord, it may be either tied or with a little brass ring.