Update on date!!!
Hey Fernando,
Just got a preliminary answer to the date question.
Quote....
"The pieces of arms and armor from the Timurid, Safavid, Afshar, Zand, and Qajar periods I have seen are all dated with hegira calendar.
Selected items are dated with Persian calendar but not arms and armor."
Manouchehr M.
So the 1821 Christian calendar date holds true fro the Persian percussion rifle....
Now I just need to find verification on what the metaphors mean. Persians spoke with verses of poetry that were metaphors, am still looking for a reference of metaphors for Persians poems.
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