The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c13.10

c13.10

*Organ* (*Arghun*). "A weapon called an *organ*, which is composed of about 36 gun barrels so joined as to fire at once"; Letter from De Boigne's camp at Mairtha, dated 13th Sept. 1790, in H. Compton's "Military adventurers", p. 61. Steingass, 38, has, Greek, ارغن an *organ*, or ارغون. Mr. Compton suggests the comparison with a *mitrailleuse*.