Draft:Shishane
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 3,156 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
| Shishane | |
|---|---|
 Shishanes with Miquelet Locks. | |
| Type | Musket |
| Service history | |
| In service | 16th century to 1820's (Military) until early 20th century (Irregulars) |
| Used by | .svg){kind=small}
Ottoman Empire |
| Wars | Nearly every Ottoman war from the 16th to 20th century |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 16th to mid 19th century |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 30 - 60 inches |
| Caliber | .44 - .80 |
| Action | Matchlock/Miquelet Lock or Caplock (conversion) |
The Shishane (or Shishana) was a type of musket[1] widely used in the Balkans and Turkey, produced by official Ottoman arsenals as well as small gunsmith guilds and shops. They were unique in having a pentagonal or hexagonal shaped buttstock, ball trigger without a guard, and aperture rear sights, often with settings for extended ranges.
Mechanism
[edit]Lock
[edit]When first adopted, in the 16th century, the Shishane used a Matchlock mechanism. Though at some point of that same century, the miquelet lock was introduced[2]. Many Matchlocks were converted to Miquelet in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Miquelet became standard issued[3]. Though weapons trade with Italy was common at that point, the Miquelet locks they adopted were of the Spanish "Patilla" variety.
Origin and usage
[edit]The Shishane was locally produced across the Ottoman region, Bosnia[4], Bulgaria[5], Kosovo[6], Macedonia[6], and Serbia.
Decoration
[edit]It is very rare to find examples that are unadorned in anyway. It was believed that decorating one's gun brought them honor.[7] Ivory, brass, silver, horn, and bone were all common materials inlaid into the stock. Gold, coral, silver and wax for the lock and barrel. There is speculation among historians and collectors about decoration styles being attributed to particular regions, though no substantial evidence points to them in most cases.
Gallery
[edit]-
17th Century Matchlock Shishane -
Palace Guard Rifle stocked in Ivory -
Shishane with Gabrovo style lock and barrel
References
[edit]- ^ Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë (1962). Etnografia shqiptare. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë.
- ^ Ágoston, Gábor (2008). Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84313-3.
- ^ Ágoston, Gábor (2008). Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84313-3.
- ^ Davidson, Gaffney, Miracle, Sofaer (2016). Croatia at the Crossroads. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 978 1 78491 530 8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Daskalov, Nikola (1989). Weaponry of the Past. Sofia Press.
- ^ a b Stanojević, Ljiljana (2004). The First Serbian Uprising and the Restoration of the Serbian State. Historical Museum of Serbia, Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. ISBN 978-86-7025-371-1.
- ^ Marsigli, Luigi (1732). L'Etat Militaire de l'empire Ottoman, ses progrès et sa décadence. Pierre Gosse.
- Ágoston, Gábor. Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire 2008
- Elgood, Robert. Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareg Rajab Museum, Kuwait 1995
- Elgood, Robert. The Arms of Greece and her Balkan Neighbours in the Ottoman Period 2009