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midelburgo · 26th January 2023, 04:37 PM

When I visited Malta knights armoury some 6 years ago, they had lots of muslim weapons from the 1565 siege, including quite some from the Algerian contingents. I could not find any work studying them. It is curious the British fell on the European weapon collections, but I think not so much on North Africa ones.

Teisani · 26th January 2023, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by midelburgo

When I visited Malta knights armoury some 6 years ago, they had lots of muslim weapons from the 1565 siege, including quite some from the Algerian contingents. I could not find any work studying them. It is curious the British fell on the European weapon collections, but I think not so much on North Africa ones.

Is this the one? Valletta Palace Armoury. Couldn't find any better pictures. https://www.123rf.com/photo_10694134...tta-malta.html

26th January 2023, 04:37 PM	#1
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 275	When I visited Malta knights armoury some 6 years ago, they had lots of muslim weapons from the 1565 siege, including quite some from the Algerian contingents. I could not find any work studying them. It is curious the British fell on the European weapon collections, but I think not so much on North Africa ones.