Persian Long Gun

[rickystl]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Hi Rick,
Not sure which of Elgood's books Kubur is referring to. The Arms and Armour of Arabia ISBN 0-85967-972-1 deals mainly in the general weapons of Arabia. There is not a huge amount of content related to guns only.
The other Elgood book which DOES relate to firearms is Firearms of the Islamic World ISBN 1-85043-963-X. If your interest is more gun related, then IMHO this is the one you need to have in your library. Check abebooks.com and I am sure you will find both available there. There are of course other publications as well, such as Tirri's Islamic Arms, Maghreb to Moghul, and Robert Hales' Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour ISBN 978-0-99263315-0-5
Happy hunting......
Stu

Hi Stu.
In my library I have Tirri's Islamic Weapons, Elgood's Firearms of the Islamic World and The Arms of Greece. Also have what is supposed to be a rare book: Weaponry of the Past, which has some very technical reading of some of these guns. Also a couple other hard to find publications.
But I'll search for Robert Hales' book. Thanks.
Rick.