Zeytun Acari Acquired
A while back, I posted about this rare gun to hopefully correct the misattribution in non-Armenian and non-Turkish sources.
I am pleased to say that in March, I was finally able to acquire one. Although it is missing quite a few barrel bands, it is still a very nice example of a very hard-to-come-by item. This example dates to 1281 Hijri (1864), a few years after the first Zeytun rebellion. It has two inscriptions in the Arabic script. One of them (The second one, I am assuming, the name of the owner) reads "Mustafa Haj Ali". I would appreciate any help in translating the first inscription.
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