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Jezail Nw Frontier, 18th Century Antique Indian Matchlock Musket. With An Approximately .600 Bore Musket. With 7 Brass Engraved Bands.

£380    $508    €445
Mughal Empire Indian with122cm (48'') Barrel.
 
They were found mostly in the Mughal-influenced Northern and Central India. Emperor Akbar the Great was the Mughal ruler during the late half of the 16th Century. He was known for his many accomplishments, among which was the expansion of his empire. He was a great leader and military commander, but he also benefitted by adopting and developing firearms technology. Production and use of matchlock firearms greatly increased under his guidance, giving him an enormous advantage over those he would conquer. The Mughal Empire would finally succumb to the British in 1858. The matchlock would see its apex from the late 16th Century to about the late -18th Century.
 
The gun is a type of smoothbore firearm used in the 16th through 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops.
 
This sort of weapon may also be found described as an amusette, rampart gun, or Hackbut, a name originally given to early medieval hand cann...
Antique SA1041984 shown on this page was made in the 18th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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