The Shishana or Shishane (Turkish: şişhane, from Persian šeš, "six") was a type of musket used in the Ottoman Empire, traditionally by the Janissaries, produced by official Ottoman arsenals as well as small gunsmith guilds and shops in the Balkan territories of what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia (Serbo-Croatian: šišana), Macedonia, Kosovo, Bulgaria & Turkey beginning in the 16th century. It was characterized by a pentagonal or hexagonal buttstock and ball trigger.
The Shishana or Shishane (Turkish: şişhane, from Persian šeš, "six") was a type of musket used in the Ottoman Empire, traditionally by the Janissaries, produced by official Ottoman arsenals as well as small gunsmith guilds and shops in the Balkan territories of what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia (Serbo-Croatian: šišana), Macedonia, Kosovo, Bulgaria & Turkey beginning in the 16th century. It was characterized by a pentagonal or hexagonal buttstock and ball trigger.
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