Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I

İsim	Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I
Basım Tarihi:	Gun: 1732/33; Miquelet lock: 1861/62 (Ottoman)
Basım Yeri	- The Walters Art Museum
Konu	Culture: \| more \| less
Tür	Diğer
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 × L: 55 × D: 2 3/4 in. (24.5 × 139.7 × 7 cm)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	51.84
Kayıt Numarası	walters-22655
Lokasyon	The Walters Art Museum
Tarih	Gun: 1732/33; Miquelet lock: 1861/62 (Ottoman)
Notlar	Made for Ottoman sultan Mahmud I (r. 1730-1754), this bejeweled gun conceals compartments for a dazzlingly adorned dagger and set of writing instruments. To get to them, one opens the hinged door bearing the diamond-encrusted insignia or tuğra of Mahmud I and the date AH 1145 (1732/33 CE). This unique set of objects represents two activities important to Ottoman sultans in this period: marksmanship and calligraphy. Sultans were expected to be both proficient hunters and adept writers. The gun was never shot, though, and therefore probably served as a spectacular element of imperial regalia. Many artisans were involved in the design, engineering, and decoration of Mahmud’s gun set. The gunsmith Isma‘il impressed his mark on the gun’s barrel. The top of the barrel is also inscribed with the date AH 1145 (1732/33 CE) and the Arabic phrase ma sha’a Allah (What God has willed). The jeweling can be attributed to an Armenian Christian, Hovhannes Agha Duzian (d. 1744), who was chief goldsmith under Mahmud’s predecessor, Ahmed III, and continued to work in that elevated position for Mahmud I. The miquelet lock, added to the gun later potentially replacing the original, also bears the name of its maker, Muhammad, and its former owner, Ahmad Khan.For the latest information about this object, guns; muskets, visit art.thewalters.org. \| Dynasty: Ottoman Dynasty \| Inscriptions: [Translation] On barrel: What God wills; [Translation] On flintlock: Work of Muhammad, its owner is Ahmad Khan; [Seal or Tughra] Hidden under panel in stock: Sultan Mahmud I \| Reign: \| Style: \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	ISL, ARM \| Islamic Art
Malzeme	steel, wood (ash), gold, gilded silver, silver, nephrite, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels); later miquelet lock, steel, gold

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Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I

Basım Tarihi Gun: 1732/33; Miquelet lock: 1861/62 (Ottoman)

Basım Yeri - The Walters Art Museum

Konu Culture: | more | less

Tür Diğer

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 × L: 55 × D: 2 3/4 in. (24.5 × 139.7 × 7 cm)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 51.84

Kayıt Numarası walters-22655

Lokasyon The Walters Art Museum

Tarih Gun: 1732/33; Miquelet lock: 1861/62 (Ottoman)

Notlar Made for Ottoman sultan Mahmud I (r. 1730-1754), this bejeweled gun conceals compartments for a dazzlingly adorned dagger and set of writing instruments. To get to them, one opens the hinged door bearing the diamond-encrusted insignia or tuğra of Mahmud I and the date AH 1145 (1732/33 CE). This unique set of objects represents two activities important to Ottoman sultans in this period: marksmanship and calligraphy. Sultans were expected to be both proficient hunters and adept writers. The gun was never shot, though, and therefore probably served as a spectacular element of imperial regalia. Many artisans were involved in the design, engineering, and decoration of Mahmud’s gun set. The gunsmith Isma‘il impressed his mark on the gun’s barrel. The top of the barrel is also inscribed with the date AH 1145 (1732/33 CE) and the Arabic phrase ma sha’a Allah (What God has willed). The jeweling can be attributed to an Armenian Christian, Hovhannes Agha Duzian (d. 1744), who was chief goldsmith under Mahmud’s predecessor, Ahmed III, and continued to work in that elevated position for Mahmud I. The miquelet lock, added to the gun later potentially replacing the original, also bears the name of its maker, Muhammad, and its former owner, Ahmad Khan.For the latest information about this object, guns; muskets, visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: Ottoman Dynasty | Inscriptions: [Translation] On barrel: What God wills; [Translation] On flintlock: Work of Muhammad, its owner is Ahmad Khan; [Seal or Tughra] Hidden under panel in stock: Sultan Mahmud I | Reign: | Style: | more | less

Parçası Olduğu ISL, ARM | Islamic Art

Malzeme steel, wood (ash), gold, gilded silver, silver, nephrite, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels); later miquelet lock, steel, gold