Eric,
I believe you are right in your assessment of the last photo, one Persian, and one Ottoman.
I believe that Manouchehr has photos of Persian matchlocks in his series on Persian arms, in "Classic Arms" magazine.
These pictures will undoubtedly be published again in his book, which will be appearing very soon now.
As you say, Persian matchlocks are Very thin on the ground. We keep bringing this up, in the hopes that someone can shed light on why this is the case, but we keep drawing blanks!
All I can come up with, is that they were traded off, or at least the barrels were, going into India, Afghanistan, and over in Oman when the Persian armed forces were modernised on the Western pattern.
This may be all horsefeathers, but it's all I can think of at present!
Best,
Richard.
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