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The Maharaja of Jodhpur’s Guns
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NiyogiBook
| Author:
Robert Elgood
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
NiyogiBook
Author:
Robert Elgood
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
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In 1972 H.H. Maharaja Gaj Singhji, of Jodhpur-Marwar began transforming the Rathore?s magnificent Mehrangarh Fort into an internationally acclaimed museum and cultural centre. As part of its ongoing efforts to document its collections and make them available to connoisseurs worldwide, the Mehrangarh Museum Trust commissioned the current book. The author discusses the worldwide medieval diffusion of firearms technology and Arab, Ottoman, European and Chinese influences on the development of Indian firearms. Jodhpur was one of the most important military states in Rajasthan, playing a major role in the history of the subcontinent, never more so than during the reign of Maharaja Ajit Singhji (1678?1724) who purchased large numbers of guns when his daughter married the Mughal emperor. Jodhpur owns the best Indian matchlocks in the subcontinent, much admired at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. Successive rulers have added to the collection, which includes modern British and American sporting guns and shotguns, revolvers and automatic pistols by many of the great makers of the twentieth century, collected by the current Maharaja?s grandfather and father. The Maharaja of Jodhpur?s Guns is the first book to be written specifically on historic Indian firearms. With more than 350 unique images of guns and paintings from private collections, this book offers scholars and collectors the opportunity to see the superb Jodhpur collection and to learn about Rajput traditions relating to hunting and war.
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In 1972 H.H. Maharaja Gaj Singhji, of Jodhpur-Marwar began transforming the Rathore?s magnificent Mehrangarh Fort into an internationally acclaimed museum and cultural centre. As part of its ongoing efforts to document its collections and make them available to connoisseurs worldwide, the Mehrangarh Museum Trust commissioned the current book. The author discusses the worldwide medieval diffusion of firearms technology and Arab, Ottoman, European and Chinese influences on the development of Indian firearms. Jodhpur was one of the most important military states in Rajasthan, playing a major role in the history of the subcontinent, never more so than during the reign of Maharaja Ajit Singhji (1678?1724) who purchased large numbers of guns when his daughter married the Mughal emperor. Jodhpur owns the best Indian matchlocks in the subcontinent, much admired at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. Successive rulers have added to the collection, which includes modern British and American sporting guns and shotguns, revolvers and automatic pistols by many of the great makers of the twentieth century, collected by the current Maharaja?s grandfather and father. The Maharaja of Jodhpur?s Guns is the first book to be written specifically on historic Indian firearms. With more than 350 unique images of guns and paintings from private collections, this book offers scholars and collectors the opportunity to see the superb Jodhpur collection and to learn about Rajput traditions relating to hunting and war.
About Author
Robert Elgood, an expert on the historic arms of Hindu India and the Islamic world, has lectured and worked in many countries. He is the author or editor of numerous books, the major ones being Islamic Arms and Armour (1979), Arms and Armour of Arabia (1994), Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Collection, Kuwait (1995), Hindu Arms and Ritual (2004), The Arms of Greece and her Balkan Neighbours in the Ottoman Period (2009), Arms and Armour at the Jaipur Court (2015) and Rajput Arms and Armour: The Rathores and their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort (2017). He has a BA from SOAS in Islamic History and a DPhil in Indian Anthropology from Oxford. He has worked at Sotheby?s and the Wallace Collection and as a guest scholar or consultant at various major museums. He is an independent consultant and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, and the Society of Antiquaries. His website is: http://www.robertelgood.co.uk.
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