North African Miquelet Jezail (Musket)
North African Miquelet Jezail (Musket)
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- Description (Brief)
- North African miquelet lock Jezail inlaid with gold, resented to President Thomas Jefferson by Siddi Suliman Mella, ambassador of the Bey of Tunis, after the end of the Tripolitan War in 1805. Inscribed in Arabic “Made by Muhammad in Year 1203 after the Hijrah” (Sept. 21, 1789 - Sept 9, 1790)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Gun
- musket, miquelet lock
- Object Type
- Gun
- Other Terms
- Gun; Firearms; Miquelet;.69 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa; P
- date made
- ca 1789
- associated date
- 1802 - 1803
- associated person
- Jefferson, Thomas
- place made
- Montenegro
- associated place
- Tunisia
- Measurements
- barrel: 62 1/2 in; 158.75 cm
- overall: 8 in x 77 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 196.85 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- AF.16083
- catalog number
- 16083
- accession number
- 13152
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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