[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928) › c20.56 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.56 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.56 - **Language:** English ### [c20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.56) \*Shutarnal\* — ‘Shutarnal, Zamburak, Shahin. These words seem all three to refer to the same weapon, what we should call a swivel-gun or wall-piece. Shutarnal is literally “camel-gun barrel”, and denotes the fact that they were sometimes carried on and fired from camels’ backs. Zamburak is derived from \*Zambur\*, a bee or wasp, with a diminutive added, and thus means ‘a little wasp’, probably in allusion to its sound when fired, or its power of stinging or wounding. \*Shahin\* literally “falcon”, seems a later name for the same thing; a name which was brought into India by Nadir Shah.’ Irvine, \*The Army of the Indian Moghuls\*, pp. 135-6. - [Previous: c20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.55) - [Next: c20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.57) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.56) · Pramāṇa