North African Miquelet Jezail (Musket)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1789
label: associated date
content: 1802 - 1803
name: label: associated person
content: Jefferson, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: North African miquelet lock Jezail inlaid with gold, resented to President Thomas Jefferson by Siddi Suliman Mella, ambassador of the Bey of Tunis, after the end of the Tripolitan War in 1805. Inscribed in Arabic “Made by Muhammad in Year 1203 after the Hijrah” (Sept. 21, 1789 - Sept 9, 1790)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Montenegro
label: associated place
content: Tunisia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.16083
label: catalog number
content: 16083
label: accession number
content: 13152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gun
label: Object Name
content: musket, miquelet lock
label: Object Type
content: Gun
label: Other Terms
content: Gun; Firearms; Miquelet; .69 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa; P
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: barrel: 62 1/2 in; 158.75 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 77 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 196.85 cm x 9.525 cm