Jezail musket

Afghan jezail musket.

Afghan jezail musket

variety of jezail muskets

All metal stocked Albanian Tancica miquelet musket, early 19th century.

Commission work

Infantry musket of 1777 used in the French Revolution

Three Afghan Style Flintlock Guns and One Replica Pistol -A) Pearl Inlaid Jezail Musket"1806" dated and East India Company marked lock.

Two Arab Jezails -A) Jezail MusketImitation EIC lion marking on the lock.

The Jezail was a reverse engineered musket or rifle made from western firearms by Afghans after the invasion of Britain. The stocks, barrels, and other simple components were often hand made and sometimes beautifully decorated.Typically a musket, the jezail often had parts stolen from the Brown Bess muskets of the British Army. During the Anglo-Afghan Wars the jezail was the primary ranged weapon of Afghan warriors and was used with great effect against British troops. The British Brown Bess…