jerid

We were greeted on all sides, and escorted in triumph to the village; the men riding _jerid_ -- that is, firing from horseback at full speed, hanging over by one stirrup with the bridle in their mouths, quivering their long lances in the air, throwing and catching them again at full gallop, yelling and shouting their war-cries.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II W. H. Wilkins 1882

But as he practised in the field the exercise of the jerid, Soliman was killed by a fall from his horse; and the aged

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

_jerid_, Soliman was killed by a fall from his horse; and the aged

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

_jerid_, Soliman was killed by a fall from his horse; and the aged

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

Burton, "which are such as are served to the kings."] [Footnote 486: Night DLXVII.] [Footnote 487: Wectu 'l asr, i.e. midway between noon and nightfall.] [Footnote 488: Lit. "was broken" (inkeseret).] [Footnote 489: Burton, "with the jerid," but I find no mention of this in the text.

Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp John Payne 1879