The Gun
The gun is 14 feet 4 1⁄2 inches (4.382 metres) in length, with a bore at its aperture of 91⁄2 inches (24 centimetres). This gun, one of the largest ever made in the sub-continent, was cast at Lahore along with another gun of the same size in 1757 by Shah Nazir (a Metalsmith of the former Mughal viceroy Muin-ul-Mulk]), under the directions of Shah Wali Khan, who was prime minister in the reign of the Afghan King Ahmed Shah Durrani. The gun has the date of manufacture, names of the monarch and the technician along with verses in Persian molded with floral patterns all over the barrel.
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