According to the conqueror of Malacca,Alfonso d'Albuquerque, Malaccan gun foundries were as good as those in Germany This could mean they were better than Portuguese ones but the most powerful guns in those days were made by the Ottoman Turks. On the banks of the Tembeling river in peninsula Malaysia he found molds that were used to cast cannons in the 13th or 14th century. Evidence of these activities were documented by W Linehan in his paper entitled Some Discoveries on the Tembeling. Help - Search - Members - Calendar Iron Malayan Full Version: Large Calibre Malay Cannons Asia Finest Discussion Forum > Asian Culture > Malaysian Chat Pages: 1, 2 Jan 8 2005, 11:00 AM Roughly a century after firearms were invented by the Arabs, the Malays began making guns.
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