Miquelet Rifle

barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish

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This is a late example of a traditional Turkish gun, distinguished by a miquelet lock, a hexagonal butt, a “ball” trigger without a trigger-guard, and a long barrel held by numerous bands. The barrel dates almost a century earlier and is inlaid in gold with a poem referring to the gun’s accuracy in the service of Islam. Elaborate guns of this type would have been reserved for hunting and target shooting.

Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish

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Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish
Miquelet Rifle, Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, barrel, probably Iranian; lock and stock, Turkish

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