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The Quiver

 The original Magyar quiver (tegez) hung from the belt, arrows were placed with their heads up. Originally, the tegez was a round, bulky accessory, with some considerable diameter and weight.  Later, this quiver went through quite some modifications, following the style of other Asian horseback archers. Strange as it sounds, advancements in technique and gear never came to Hungary from Europe, all the military engineering inventions came from the ingenious "nomads" of the steppes of Asia. It is quite interesting to note that the Tatar (Mongol) armies around 1200 A.D. were able to defeat the Magyars with ease, due to the fact that the Tatar bows had some 300 years engineering advantages to Hungarian ones. This made them able to shoot longer ranges (FPS, or frame per second, is the unit of the bow's strength or speed, which is in direct connection with range).

Apparently, the "modern" quiver design was brought to Hungary from Asia by the fierce Kun archers around the 12^th century. See more traditional archery accessories

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