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Brains trust please? Indo Persian Matchlock query

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Hi all
I am hoping you may be able to help shed some light on this piece of history I recently acquired.
The barrel is about 6 foot long and of about 12 bore. Slightly flared and smoothbore. Almost no embellishment other than on the muzzle and a chevron in the stock.
It is too heavy to really use single handed let alone load.
It seems well made with the stock being 3 piece with the splice being almost imperceptible other than the change in wood colour.
What I find intriguing is that the only markings appear to be a rack number in the stock and some barrel markings all in latin script.
I am hoping for ideas on how it would come to have the markings it does and if it was maybe a wall gun?
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated
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Looks like an Indian matchlock to me, or from around that area of the world. I’m almost positive the numbers are police registration. Almost a scaled down wall gun! Or very large regular musket!
 
I meant police registration in India. Almost every gun I’ve seen from there has these numbers, from matchlocks to modern shotguns.
 
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