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Malik-E-Maidan

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thumb|Malik e Maidan Cannon thumb|250px|View of the Malik-i-Maidan gun position in 1865

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  • History
  • Structure
  • Decoration
  • Inscriptions
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

thumb|Malik e Maidan Cannon thumb|250px|View of the Malik-i-Maidan gun position in 1865

The Malik-E-Maidan also Malik-i-Maidan (), is a 16th-century cannon, located at Burj-E-Sherz (Lion Tower), Bijapur Fort, Bijapur, India. At in length and cast in bell metal, it is the largest surviving piece of artillery from the medieval period.

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