Category:Turkish Gun, Horse Guards Parade

A gun captured by the British after the siege of Alexandria in 1801, and transported to Horse Guards Parade in 1802.

The inscription on the barrel: The Solomon of the age the Great Sultan Commander of the dragon guns (to be made) When they breathe roaring like thunder. May the enemy’s forts be raised (sic) to the ground. Year of Hegira 931

Egypt was conquered by the Turks in 1517, and this gun certainly was used at the decisive Battle of Mohacs in Hungary, when a combined force of Hungarians and Serbians was wiped out and left the way open to Vienna, which was very nearly taken as well.