Prangi
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The prangi , paranki , piranki , pirangi , farangi , firingi , or firingiha was a type of cannon produced by Ottoman Empire . It was subsequently copied and produced in other place such as by Mughal empire under Babur . The prangi was a breech-loading swivel gun. [1] : 143
Etymology
Prangi was written in Ottoman sources in various words as prankı, pirankı, parangi, parangı, pranga, pranku, prangu, and parangu. The Ottoman term goes back to the Italian/Spanish braga , short for " petriero a barga " and " pedrero de braga ", a small breech-loading swivel gun. [2] : 100 Braga itself means "pants" or "breech". [1] : 143 Babur emperor in India called this weapon firingiha and farangi. [3] : 219 Tamil and Telugu speakers call it pīranki and pīrangi. [2] : 100
History and description
Prangi is a small Ottoman breech-loading swivel gun, firing 150 gram shots, they were built mostly by cast bronze, but iron ones were also used. The Ottomans used the prangi from the mid-15th century onwards in field battles, aboard their ships, and in their forts, where prangis often comprised the majority of the ordnance. [2] : 100 At the end of the 15th century, Ottoman galley were equipped with a big cannon and 4 guns ( darbzen ) and 8 prangi cannons. These ships were 42-43 meters long with three sails carrying about 328 people. [4] : 12 Prangi was a standard piece of Ottoman secondary naval armament. [5] : 222 An Ottoman naval record book of inventory and survey dated 10 April 1488 mentioned that Ottoman barça (barque) had 35 prangi, agrıpar ( galleas ) had 16 prangi, kadırga (galley) had 8 prangi, kalıt ( galliot ) and kayık ( fusta ) had 4 prangi. [6] : 173–174
See also
References
- 1 2 Chase, Kenneth (2003). Firearms: A Global History to 1700 . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521822749 .
- 1 2 3 Agoston, Gabor (2019). Firangi , Zarbzan, and Rum Dasturi : The Ottomans and the Diffusion of Firearms in Asia . In Pál Fodor, Nándor E. Kovács and Benedek Péri eds., Şerefe. Studies in Honour of Prof. Géza Dávid on His Seventieth Birthday , Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest: Research Center for the Humanities, 89–104.
- ↑ Partington, J. R. (1999). A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder . Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801859540 .
- ↑ Bostan, Idris (2007). Ottoman Maritime Arsenals and Shipbuilding Technology in the 16th and 17th centuries (PDF) . Manchester: FSTC Limited.
- ↑ Shai Har-El, Struggle for Domination in the Middle East: The Ottoman-Mamluk War , 1485-1491 (Leiden, New York, and Cologne: E. J. Brill, 1995) Pp. 238. In Mamlūk Studies Review Volume 5 .
- ↑ Har-El, Shai (1995). Struggle for Domination in the Middle East: The Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485-91 . E.J. Brill. ISBN 9789004101807 .
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