zamzama
Sign in to saveThe Zamzama Gun, also known as '''Kim's Gun and Bhangian di Top''', is an 18th-century large-bore cannon. It was cast by the metalsmith Shah Nazir of Lahore in about 1757, during the Durrani period. Currently on display in front of the Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pakistan, it is one of the largest pre-modern cannons in the world.
Key facts
- Weapon.number
- 2
- Weapon.name
- Zamzama
- Weapon.image
- File:Zamzam gun121.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Zamzama Gun at Lahore, on the entrance of Lahore Museum
- Weapon.origin
- Lahore, Durrani Empire
- Weapon.type
- Bombard
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_bladed
- no
- Weapon.is_explosive
- no
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- no
- Weapon.is_missile
- no
- Weapon.service
- 1761–1818
- Weapon.used_by
- Durrani EmpireBhangi MislChattha StateSikh Empire
- Weapon.wars
- Battle of Panipat (1761)Battle of Dinanagar (1775)Battle of Kasur (1807)Siege of Multan (1818)
- Weapon.designer
- Shah Nazir
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Imperial Mughal karkhana, Mughalpura
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The Zamzama Gun, also known as '''Kim's Gun and Bhangian di Top', is an 18th-century large-bore cannon. It was cast by the metalsmith Shah Nazir of Lahore in about 1757, during the Durrani period. Currently on display in front of the Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pakistan, it is one of the largest pre-modern cannons in the world.
== Description == The gun is in length, with a bore at its aperture of and weighs over . The gun, one of the largest ever made in the Indian subcontinent, was cast at Lahore along with another gun of the same size in 1757 by Shah Nazir (a metalsmith of the former Mughal viceroy of Lahore Subah, Muin-ul-Mulk), under the directions of Shah Wali Khan, who was the Vizier of Durrani ruler, Ahmad Shah.
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