The Persian Heritage journal has published the following Book Review by Kaveh Farrokh:
Book cover of “Persian Fire and Steel: Historical Firearms of Iran“; Orders for this textbook can be taken at: [email protected]
As noted in the book review:
“The book presents a thorough and detailed analysis of the introduction and development of historical firearms in Iran. The present book is a result of years of study on historical Persian manuscripts on firearms making, clas sification and usage and as well as an analysis of the Persian firearms kept in the Military Museum of Tehran.“
Sample page from the text “Persian Fire and Steel: Historical Firearms of Iran“.
This textbook is organized into four major parts:
Part I: History of Firearms in Iran
1] Introduction
2] Matchlock Muskets: The Introduction of Firearms into Iran
3] Flintlock Muskets: The Introduction of Flintlocks into Iran
4] Persian Percussion Cap Muskets and Wall Guns
5] Pistols in Iran
6] Gun and Pistol Accoutrements
7] Cannons and Rockets
Part II: Persian manuscripts on Firearms
1] A Safavid Manucript on Casting Bronze Cannons
2] A Persian Manuscript on Rockets
3] A Qajar-period Manuscript on Cannons and Rockets
4] Other Persian manuscripts on Ordnance
Part III: Firearms in Miniatures and Paintings
Part IV: Catalog
1] Matchlock Muskets
2] Flintlock Muskets
3] Percussion Cap Lock Muskets
4] Flintlock Pistols
5] Percussion Cap Lock Pistols
6] Gun and Pistol Accoutrements
7] Cannons
The book review published in the Persian Heritage journal provides an in-depth analysis of the contents. It is important to note that this book is the first comprehensive academic study of the domain of the history of Iranian firearms.
Short video by Dr. Khorasani regarding his text “Persian Fire and Steel: Historical Firearms of Iran“.
