The Shishane was a type of musket[1] widely used in the Balkans and Turkey, produced by official Ottoman arsenals as well as small gunsmith guilds and shops. They were unique in having a pentagonal or hexagonal shaped buttstock, ball trigger without a guard, and aperture rear sights, often with settings for extended ranges.

Mechanism

Lock

When first adopted, in the 16th century, the Shishane used a Matchlock mechanism. Though at some point of that same century, the miquelet lock was introduced[2]. Many Matchlocks were converted to Miquelet in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Miquelet became standard issued[3]. Though weapons trade with Italy was common at that point, the Miquelet locks they adopted were of the Spanish "Patilla" variety.

Origin and usage

The Shishane was locally produced across the Ottoman region, Bosnia, Bulgaria[4], Kosovo[5], Macedonia[5], and Serbia.

  • 17th Century Matchlock Shishane
    17th Century Matchlock Shishane
  • Palace Guard Rifle stocked in Ivory
    Palace Guard Rifle stocked in Ivory
  • Shishane with Gabrovo style lock and barrel
    Shishane with Gabrovo style lock and barrel

References

  1. ^ Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë (1962). Etnografia shqiptare. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë.
  2. ^ Ágoston, Gábor (2008). Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84313-3.
  3. ^ Ágoston, Gábor (2008). Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84313-3.
  4. ^ Daskalov, Nikola (1989). Weaponry of the Past. Sofia Press.
  5. ^ a b Stanojević, Ljiljana (2004). The First Serbian Uprising and the Restoration of the Serbian State. Historical Museum of Serbia, Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. ISBN 978-86-7025-371-1.
  • Ágoston, Gábor. Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire 2008
  • Elgood, Robert. Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareg Rajab Museum, Kuwait 1995
  • Elgood, Robert. The Arms of Greece and her Balkan Neighbours in the Ottoman Period 2009



Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Shishane
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