INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET/TORADAR

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Cerjak

Hi Khanjar ,
Thank you for your comment. It is always nice to have new threads about gun here ,those threads are not so many and most of the post in this section are about bladed weapons.
I found a similar curve stock and "cutback" in Firearms of the Islamic world P176
About the mark yes you are right many gun I saw from India were with arsenal number.
Also It make me remember one of my old thread about Tibetan mathlock gun.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16923
Best

Cerjak

Hi Cerjak
Yes I have the book, and agree, but this is unlike any of the other Toradors shown in that the others all have the typical straight stock. It is quite possible that there is some Arabian influence here, as it is well known that there was a very close trading tie between India and Arabia. Indeed Arabian mercenaries were employed in India, particularly in the Sind.
If you have Tirri's book Islamic Weapons he shows a matchlock on page 89 which reputedly comes from Yemen, and this one has the "cutback.
Nice pieces you have by the way.
Stuart