Matrakçı Nasuh

Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Visokavi el-Bosnavî (c. 1480 – c. 1564), better known as Matrakçı Nasuh (Serbo-Croatian: Matrakčija Nasuh Visočak) for his competence in the combat sport of Matrak which he invented, was an Ottoman Bosnian statesman and polymath. Quotes It is the sword that foils all enemies.    The sword upsets foes. Like a falcon, it rips apart ranks of troops. Whatever I say of the sword, in sum: it is the Sultan of weapons.    Whatever is said about other weapons (like the spear) is vain boasting. For the roses of the sword are the shield of Heaven's Garden.    The sword's hyacinths descend from Paradise's lilies. Tuhfat al-ghuzat ('The Treatise Dedicated to the Holy Warriors') fol. 16b, as translated by Hamilton Parker Cook, "Poetry of the Sword", Arms & Armor, arms-n-armor.com (11 March 2022; accessed 21 March 2026) External links Category:People from Bosnia and Herzegovina