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Firearms of the Islamic World: in the Tared Rajab Museum, Kuwait
Robert Elgood
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Description for Firearms of the Islamic World: in the Tared Rajab Museum, Kuwait
Hardcover. An illustrated volume giving an account of firearms of the Near and Middle East. The book should be of interest to collectors of firearms as well as those with a more general interest in military history and weaponry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 140 colour halftones, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FKA; 1FKP; AFT; JFSR2; WCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 260 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1397.
The first surviving reference to the use of gunpowder appears in a Chinese manuscript dating from 1044 AD. The formula for gunpowder was passed to the Arabs via India and Persia and its first use in firearms in Europe is reported at the Arab siege of Spain in 1324. While much has been written about the history of firearms in Europe and North America, their development in the Islamic world and their subsequent history there has been almost totally neglected. Elgood, uses the collection of firearms from the Tareq Rajab Museum in Kuwait to explore the subject. The collection ranges ... Read more
The first surviving reference to the use of gunpowder appears in a Chinese manuscript dating from 1044 AD. The formula for gunpowder was passed to the Arabs via India and Persia and its first use in firearms in Europe is reported at the Arab siege of Spain in 1324. While much has been written about the history of firearms in Europe and North America, their development in the Islamic world and their subsequent history there has been almost totally neglected. Elgood, uses the collection of firearms from the Tareq Rajab Museum in Kuwait to explore the subject. The collection ranges ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850439639
SKU
V9781850439639
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