Arms and Armour

Boyliya

The Boyliya (Bulgarian: Бойлия) was a smoothbore musket produced in Bulgaria and used by its neighboring territories within the Ottoman Empire from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. A symbol of resistance and status, it was the characteristic arm of the Haiduti.

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• ▸Battle of Khafji
• ▸Anchalumoodu
• ▸Havana

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