Kabul Arsenal
Research  Project

Research Outputs

The Emir's New Rifles:
A History of the Kabul Arsenal, 1885–1925

Vernon Easley & N.R. Jenzen-Jones

Nashville: Headstamp Publishing
 (forthcoming)

An Introductory Guide to the Identification of Afghan Martini-type Rifles

N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Vernon Easley
& Charles Randall

Journal of the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association
Vol. 5 No. 6 (2024), pp. 6–16

‘Blown from a gun’: Situating the British Practice of Execution by Cannon in the Context of Southern and Western Asia

N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Charles Randall,
Jack Shanley & Omer Sayadi

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Vol. 34 No. 3 (2024)

Rifles Under Rahman:
An Updated History of Martini-type Rifle Production in Afghanistan

N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Vernon Easley
& Charles Randall

Journal of the Arms & Armour Society
Vol. XXIV No. 5 (2024), pp. 271–294

Update: Martini-type rifle production in Afghanistan


N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Vernon Easley

Arms & Armour
Vol. 21 No. 2 (2024), pp. 283–288

Rifles of the Iron Emir: A Brief History of the Kabul Arsenal & its Outputs

N.R. Jenzen-Jones

Presentation as part of the Royal Armouries Winter Lecture Series
(12 December 2023)

The Manufacture of Small-calibre Cartridges in Late Nineteenth-century Afghanistan

N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Charles Randall

International Ammunition Association Journal No. 554 (Nov–Dec 2023), pp. 32–40

Coins & Cartridges: The Industrial Tools of State-building in Late 19th-century Afghanistan

N.R. Jenzen-Jones

Presentation at Inclusive Numismatics
Bank of England, London (15 September 2023)

Execution by Cannon in Nineteenth & Twentieth-century Afghanistan

N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Charles Randall

Ultima Ratio Project (18 August 2022)

Rifles Under Rahman:
Afghan Martini-type Rifle Production, 1894–1924

N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Vernon Easley

Presentation to the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association
(16 May 2022)

Pyne, McDermott & The Emir: The Advent of Machine-minted Coinage in Afghanistan

N.R. Jenzen-Jones with Jack Shanley

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society
 No. 243 (Spring 2021)

Hubris or Haplessness? The Modernisation & Loss of Afghanistan's Artillery, 1869–79

N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Jack Shanley

Journal of the Ordnance Society
Vol. 28 (2021), pp. 90–97

The Kabul Arsenal: Emir Abdur Rahman Khan’s rapid industrialisation of Afghanistan

N.R. Jenzen-Jones

Presentation to the Arms & Armour Society
(4 November 2021)

Panāh-pur: A history of the Martini rifle in Afghanistan, 1878–1925

N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Vernon Easley
& Miles Vining

Arms & Armour
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2020), pp. 80–106

British Capture of Afghan Guns During the Second Anglo-Afghan War

N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Jack Shanley

Ultima Ratio Project (2 November 2020)

The Captured Cannon of Kabul, 1879

Jack Shanley

Silah Report (2 November 2020)

 Interview with Vernon Easley on Martini-Henry Rifle Production in Afghanistan

Miles Vining & Vernon Easley

Silah Report Podcast (12 May 2020)

Abdur Rahman’s Rifles: Unlocking the Mystery of the Kabul Arsenal Martinis

Miles Vining & Vernon Easley

TFB TV (8 August 2018)

Ongoing Research

Research is currently being conducted to examine a range of topics connected to the Kabul Arsenal. These include: