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    Ottoman Guns

    Thanks everyone, glad it was useful info :). Yes, the words are mostly Turkish in origin but rendered according to local pronunciation. The @ in tv@ng is pronounced as Turkish "i" without a dot on top of it. Some more interesting pictures showing muzzleloaders from this general cultural...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Recently I translated a bit of a book that I figured would be of interest to some here. Specifically relevant to Ottoman Guns, accessories, and typology in the Eastern regions, more specifically among the Armenians of Sasun. The neighboring Kurds and Assyrians also existed in a common cultural...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Wow Rick, you have a very beautiful example. Excellent photos, love the carving on yours. Some more from my end. 1: Zeytuns princes (The costume is the same as the one worn by that Assyrian/Chaldean man. In addition to the ruling Armenians, there were Turks, Assyrians, and Kurds living in...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Thanks guys much appreciated :) Yes, your piece is most certainly from Zeytun. I am not quite sure what he based it on, but the Rumelian classification comes from Tirris book. Besides the documentation in museums, period literature, another surefire pointer is a shape which often appears on the...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Wanted to post specifically about these guns, as I noticed they were misidentified on this forum (And in the collecting world in general). These are Armenian guns from Zeytun, usually called "Zeytun Acari". Zeytun is a small region located in the Marash province of modern-day Turkey. Long...
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    Hello all

    I am from Armenia, I am interested mostly in the types of guns used in my region (Caucasus and Anatolia). Hoping to get in touch with more people who share similar interests and other serious collectors.
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