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Jezail

Jezail is classified as a musket.

Jezail

Afridi picket near Jumrood, Khyber Rotass in distance. Photograph of a group of Afridis taken by John Burke in 1878. Burke accompanied the Peshawar Valley Field Force, one of three British Anglo-Indian army columns deployed in the Second Afghan War (1878-80), despite being rejected for the role of official photographer. He financed his trip by advance sales of his photographs 'illustrating the adv

John Burke (1843-1900) · The British Library - Online Gallery · Public domain

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