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The Zamzamah: An Eighteenth-Century Gun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Mesrovb J. Seth
Mesrovb J. Seth
Affiliation:
Calcutta
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , July 1937 , pp. 477 - 479
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1937

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page 477 note 1 Zamzamah means humming or thundering. It also means a lion's roar.

page 478 note 1 According to the Persians, Loqman is supposed to be the inventor of cannons.