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[Bans Rockets] Werret, S. (2009, January 5). "William Congreve’s Rational Rockets | Notes and Records of the Royal Society." Royal Society Publishing

[Chakram Disk] Vintage Indian Artifacts. (n.d.). "Indian Steel Chakram." eBay

[Bagh Nakh] (n.d.) "Bagh Nakh (Tiger Claw): Science Museum Group Collection." Science Museum Group

[Talwar Blade] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (n.d.). "Hunting Sword (Shamshir Shikargar) with Modern Scabbard: Indian, Rajasthan." MetMuseum

[Zulfiqar Blade] Helgot. (n.d.). "Zulfiqar sword SOLD." Helgot

[Katar Dagger] Strange Imports. (n.d.). "Katar, Katara, Push Dagger, “the tongue of death”. Mughal. India. 19th c." Strange Imports

[Map] Origins (n.d.) "Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor" Origins

[Gunman] Robert Carrick "Ko-i-staun Foot Soldier in Summer Costume, Actively Employed Among the Rocks" National Army Museum

[Heavy Armor] Bynum Bruce "Medieval Islamic Armor" BynumBruce

[Chainmail] Fagan Arms (n.d.) "Mughal Horseman's Mail and Plate Jacket" FaganArms

[Dhal] Saleroom (n.d.) "A 19th Century Indian Talwar, 70cm Curved Fullered Blade, Steel Hilt with Disc Pommel, 83cm Long" The Saleroom

Remix Video

[Music] Malcura (2016) "Ini Mini" YouTube

[Talwar] History Channel (2020) "Forged in Fire: The Talwar CHARGES THROUGH the Final Round (Season 4) | History" YouTube

[Shamshir] History Channel (2020) "Forged in Fire: Shamshir Sword **HOOKS & SLASHES** the Competition (Season 4) | History" YouTube

[Saladin] History Channel (2024) "Forged in Fire: The Legendary Sword of Saladin SLAYS the Final Round (Season 8)" YouTube

[Tabar Shashpir] History Channel (2020) "Forged in Fire: Tabar Shishpar CRUSHES the Final Round (Season 4)" YouTube

[Pata] History Channel (2020) "Forged in Fire: The Pata WILL KEAL in BRUTAL Final Round (Season 3)" YouTube

[Bagh Nakh] History Channel (2019) "Forged in Fire: Bagh Nakh Blade Tests (Season 5)" YouTube

[Zulfiqar] El Rey Network (2017) "History's Deadliest Weapons - The Zulfiqar | Man At Arms: Art of War" YouTube

[Katar] History Channel (2019) "Forged in Fire: The Hooded Katar Tests (Season 5)" YouTube

[Chakram] History Channel "Forged in Fire: The Chakram is a CHALLENGING Weapon To Pull Off! (Season 1)" YouTube

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This section would cover broad links/sites that I used for research, but not images, video clips, etc. Nothing that (in this scenario) requires direct attribution, because it's not directly cited. To start, here are some sites where I got the majority of my information.

- "The Army of the Indian Mughals: It's Organization and Administration" Irvine, William, 1903.

- "Mughal Military" Weapons and Warfare, 2016

- "The Passing of Empire: The Mughal Case" M Athar Ali, 1975

- "Mughal Weapons" Wikipedia



Some Videos / Podcasts

- "Mughal Artillery (1500 - 1650 ca.)" Schwerpunkt

- "Forged in Fire: TOP 5 DEADLIEST WEAPONS FROM INDIA" History Channel

- "Forged in Fire: INDIA'S DEADLIEST WEAPONS (PART 2)" History Channel

- "ALL TIME TOP WEAPONS OF INDIA | Forged in Fire" History Channel

- "Sick Indian Weapons | Animated History of India" History House Productions

- "Techno-powered: How Medieval Indian Empires Utilized Guns and Cannons" Odd Compass

- "Techno-powered: How Medieval Indian Empires Utilized Guns and Cannons" Odd Compass

- "The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History #217" CrashCourse

- "The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith" TED-Ed