DESCRIPTION: North African Mukahla musket with snaphance style lock. Caliber: 14 mm. This type of musket is characteristic to Tetuan region of Morocco. This region was famous for superior quality guns! The high quality workmanship in Tetuan region is attributed to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain. The stock of the gun show some mother of pearl and brass wire decorations. Nice ivory buttplate. Very good quality round barrel with a rib. The upper part of the barrel shows some Arabic wording and a gun maker mark (please, see pictures). Nice dark walnut stock looks almost like ebony! The lock is rather plain. Two brass barrel bands engraved in floral motifs. Simple, non-adjustable rear and front sights. The ramrod is a modern replacement. Overall length: 69.75 inch. Barrel length: 54.25 inch. CONDITION: Overall, the musket is in very good+/low fine condition. The external parts of the lock are well preserved, with no wear. The barrel is covered with brown patina. The hardwood stock shows some wear, mainly along the barrel lines. Two counter screws and a trigger are missing. Some barrel bands are probably also missing. The front part of the forestock was either shortened, or broken off, with a piece of wood missing (please, see pictures). A nice example of the seldom encountered Mukahla musket for a collector of Islamic firearms. (Ref. "A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor", by George Cameron Stone , p. 257, also in "Islamic Weapons. Maghrib to Moghul", by Anthony C. Tirri, p.20).
