Jezail

The jezail (or jezzail), also spelled juzail (or juzzail), is a long-barrelled weapon used in Central Asia, British India, and parts of Middle East. A person operating it is called jazailchi.

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Operational history
In Persia
Anglo-Afghan Wars
In India
Contemporary use
In English literature
In popular culture
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The jezail (or jezzail), also spelled juzail (or juzzail), is a long-barrelled weapon used in Central Asia, British India, and parts of Middle East. A person operating it is called jazailchi.

Jezails were used by the elite jazayerchi troops of Safavid and Afsharid Iran, notably during the Naderian Wars. It was the main weapon used by the various ethnic tribesmen of Afghanistan in the 19th-century, who deposed Shah Shuja and fought in the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars.