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A pistol with a trigger stone firing system
(مسدس بنظام إطلاق بواسطة حجر قداح)

Title	A pistol with a trigger stone firing system
Title Original	مسدس بنظام إطلاق بواسطة حجر قداح
Publication Date:	Approximately 1193-94 AH / approximately 1793-94 AD
Publication Place	- Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
Subject	Engraved solid wood with black staining and silver and brass inlays
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	138سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2015.12.63
Record ID	object;EPM;my;Mus21;32;ar
Library Location	Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
Date	Approximately 1193-94 AH / approximately 1793-94 AD
Notes	After the fall of Seringapatam in 1799 AD, this gun was given to Lord Crownwallis (1738-1805 AD), the Governor-General and Commander of the British Army during the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792 AD). The weapon was considered a trophy/trophy. The pistol is rich in images of tigers, with the full shape of a tiger on the butt of the weapon, and distinctive bubri shapes on the barrel, and there are also engravings on various parts of the pistol. The pictures of tigers attacking a European soldier on the side plate of the gun represent propaganda by Tipu to discredit the British East India Company. The gun had advanced technology at the time, as its user could fire twice continuously with only one trim.
Sample Text	“A pistol with a trigger stone firing system” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;my;Mus21;32;ar

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A pistol with a trigger stone firing system

(مسدس بنظام إطلاق بواسطة حجر قداح)

Publication Date Approximately 1193-94 AH / approximately 1793-94 AD

Publication Place - Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Subject Engraved solid wood with black staining and silver and brass inlays

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 138سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2015.12.63

Record ID object;EPM;my;Mus21;32;ar

Library Location Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Date Approximately 1193-94 AH / approximately 1793-94 AD

Notes After the fall of Seringapatam in 1799 AD, this gun was given to Lord Crownwallis (1738-1805 AD), the Governor-General and Commander of the British Army during the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792 AD). The weapon was considered a trophy/trophy. The pistol is rich in images of tigers, with the full shape of a tiger on the butt of the weapon, and distinctive bubri shapes on the barrel, and there are also engravings on various parts of the pistol. The pictures of tigers attacking a European soldier on the side plate of the gun represent propaganda by Tipu to discredit the British East India Company. The gun had advanced technology at the time, as its user could fire twice continuously with only one trim.

Sample Text “A pistol with a trigger stone firing system” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;my;Mus21;32;ar