Kabul Arsenal Research Outputs
Research Outputs
The Emir's New Rifles: A History of the Kabul Arsenal, 1885–1925
Vernon Easley & N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Nashville: Headstamp Publishing
(forthcoming)
Panāh-pur: A history of the Martini rifle in Afghanistan, 1878–1925
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Vernon Easley & Miles Vining
Arms & Armour, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 80–106
(2020)
Pyne, McDermott & The Emir: The Advent of Machine-minted Coinage in Afghanistan
N.R. Jenzen-Jones with Jack Shanley
Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, No. 243 (Spring 2021)
Execution by Cannon in Nineteenth & Twentieth-century Afghanistan
N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Charles Randall
Ultima Ratio Project (18 August 2022)
Hubris or Haplessness? The Modernisation & Loss of Afghanistan's Artillery, 1869–79
N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Jack Shanley
Journal of the Ordnance Society, Vol. 28, pp. 90–97 (2021)
The Kabul Arsenal: Emir Abdur Rahman Khan’s rapid industrialisation of Afghanistan
N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Presentation to the Arms & Armour Society
(4 November 2021)
Rifles Under Rahman:
Afghan Martini-type Rifle Production, 1894–1924
N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Vernon Easley
Presentation to the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association
(16 May 2022)
British Capture of Afghan Guns During the Second Anglo-Afghan War
N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Jack Shanley
Ultima Ratio Project (2 November 2020)
Interview with Vernon Easley on Martini-Henry Rifle Production in Afghanistan
Miles Vining & Vernon Easley
Silah Report Podcast (12 May 2020)
Abdur Rahman’s Rifles: Unlocking the Mystery of the Kabul Arsenal Martinis
Miles Vining & Vernon Easley
TFB TV (8 August 2018)
The Captured Cannon of Kabul, 1879
Jack Shanley
Silah Report (2 November 2020)
Ongoing Research
Research is currently being conducted to examine a range of topics connected to the Kabul Arsenal. These include:
Other small arms (including bolt-action rifles)
Light & heavy weapons (including proto-machine guns and cannon)
Gunpowder & priming compounds
Edged weapons (swords & bayonets)
Helmets & leathergoods