The Kitāb fī maʿrifat ʿilm ramy al-sihām (Arabic: كتاب في معرفة علم رمي السهام, lit.
There was a manuscript in Alexandria containing a work entitled al-Qaṣīda al-Yūnāniyya fī al-ramy ʿan al-qaws, which may be the Maʿrifa.
[10] It describes the requirements of an archer each stage of his professional advancement from mubtadīʾ (novice), to rāmī (shooter), naqīb, wakīl and ustād (master).
[11] The Maʿrifa is the earliest archery text to systematically describe which parts of the body should be in tension (almushaddadāt), relaxation (al-mulayyanāt) or stillness (al-sawākin) at every stage of shooting.
[12] Among the practices of the masters that the Maʿrifa mentions is the "art of penetration" (ʿilm al-ikhrāq), in which archers demonstrate their skill by shooting various types of arrowhead through various targets.