A History of the Mahrattas v1.c28.54
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c28.54
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v1.c28.54
¹ [Both sides used shuternals, or camel-swivels, and rockets in great profusion. The Afghan force, in addition, included ‘2,000 camels, on each of which were mounted two musketeers, armed with pieces of a very large bore.’ The usual name for a swivel-gun carried on a camel was Zambūrak, ‘little hornet.’ (Yule, Hobson-Jobson, p. 985.)]