@ No usage of the name “Razmafzar” is allowed without Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s permission. Title of the book: The book Rites of Power: Oriental Arms Print: 200 pages (2010) For Dr. Khorasani’s book contribution in an online version see Caravana Books The book Rites of Power: Oriental Arms (Rituais de Poder: Armas Orientais) accompanied the exhibition "Rituais de Poder: Rites of Power" in Portugal that opened on March 13, 2010 in Èvora, Portugal and lasted until July 2010. The wonderful exhibition was provided by Dr. Jorge Caravana to the Museum of Evora in Portugal and showcased a wonderful selection of different oriental historical weapons. A high qualiry exhibition catalogue accompnies the exhibition. The exhibition catalogue is in full color and has two parts: the first part presents a number of articles on the subject and the second part showcases a wonderful array of different oriental weaponry. The exhibition catalogue is written in both languages: English and Portuguese. The English text is always provided on the left side and the Portuguese version is next to it on the right. The list of articles and the number of artifacts presented in the catalogue are as the following: - Caravana, Jorge (2010), The Collector says about his collection, pp. 6-7. - Loureiro, Rui Manuel (2010), The Arms and the Heroes: Bellic Aspects of the Portuguese Presence in the East, pp. 9-22. - Silva, Francisco Santos (2010), Symbols in Weapons and Weapons as Symbols: The Socio-Religious Significance of Decoration in Indian Weaponry in the Collection of Dr. Jorge Caravana, pp. 23-31. - Vassalo e Silva, Nuno (2010), Goldsmiths in Indian Weaponry, pp. 32-40. - Moshtagh Khorasani, Manouchehr (2010), Persian Swordmakers, pp. 41-55. - Elgood, Robert (2010), An Introduction to Arms and Armour from the Islamic World and India, pp. 56-69. - Caravana, Jorge (2010), The Kris, p. 171. Collection/catalogue contains 109 items: Morocco (3 items), Turkey (9 items), Persia/Iran (9 items), India (55 items), Sri Lanka (4 items), Nepal (1 item), China (2 items), Japan (5 items), Indonesia/Malaysia (20 items), and Philippines (1 item).