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Kabul Arsenal
Research Outputs
The Emir's New Rifles:
A History of the Kabul Arsenal, 1885–1925
Vernon Easley & N.R. Jenzen-Jones
(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. 4 (2024), pp. 777–798.
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:
Other small arms (including bolt-action rifles)
Light & heavy weapons (including proto-machine guns and cannon)
Gunpowder & priming compounds
Edged weapons (swords & bayonets)
Helmets & leathergoods
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