Firearms of the Islamic world in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
The first surviving reference to the use of gunpowder appears in a Chinese manuscript dating from 1044 AD. The formula for gunpowder was passed to the Arabs via India and Persia and its first use in firearms in Europe is reported at the Arab siege of Spain in 1324. While much has been written about...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
I.B. Tauris
1995
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| Summary: | The first surviving reference to the use of gunpowder appears in a Chinese manuscript dating from 1044 AD. The formula for gunpowder was passed to the Arabs via India and Persia and its first use in firearms in Europe is reported at the Arab siege of Spain in 1324. While much has been written about the history of firearms in Europe and North America, their development in the Islamic world and their subsequent history there has been almost totally neglected. |
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| Physical Description: | 240 p. ill. , map 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781850439639 185043963X |