Algerian Moukhala musket
Manufactured most likely in Kabylie, Algeria c.1760′s.
~.60 caliber, ~140cm long smoothbore steel barrel, Arab miquelet lock, silver fittings with coral inlays.
Made for a diplomatic gift from the Bey of Algiers to the future king Georges IV in 1811. The Berber people of Kabylie were known to make these very long muskets, much in the same way the Afghans manufactured their jezails.
Jezail carbine
Manufactured in North Africa or the Middle East using a European lock.
.58 caliber smoothbore, flintlock mechanism, brass fittings.
These carbines were sometimes called camel guns due to their use by mounted warriors, and otherwise followed the same construction patterns as the much longer jezails.
Jezail carbine
Manufactured in North Africa or the Middle East using a European lock.
.58 caliber smoothbore, flintlock mechanism, brass fittings.
These carbines were sometimes called camel guns due to their use by mounted warriors, and otherwise followed the same construction patterns as the much longer jezails.