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Safavid Cannon Foundries: The Topkhaneh and Persia's Gunpowder Empire
In Episode 119 of The Safavid Empire: Persia's Return to Greatness, Lucas and Luna explore the Topkhaneh — the Safavid cannon foundry system that powered Shah Abbas I's military campaigns. They visit the royal cannon foundry in Isfahan's Maydan-e Naghsh-e Jahan, examine how master founder Khwaja Shahvali cast bronze cannon using both Ottoman and European techniques, and trace the journey of copper from the Qeban mines to the mould. They discuss the legendary 'Abbasid cannon' captured from the Portuguese at Hormuz, the role of Armenian and Russian foundry workers, and the political symbolism…
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