Zamburak (Persian: زمبورک), is a military unit, literally meaning wasp, was a specialized form of self-propelled artillery from the early modern period, featuring small cannons (or Gatling guns) fired from swivel-mounts on camels. The operator of a zamburak is known as a zamburakchi.
The weapon was used by the gunpowder empires, especially the Iranian empires of the Safavid dynasty and Afsharid dynasty, due to the ruggedness of the Iranian Plateau, which made typical transportation of heavy cannons problematic.
"He had no cannon; but was furnished with a description of ordnance, or swivels, called zumbooruk." -Sir John Malcolm, 1829
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