[39] Some consider this to be a cannon while others do not. The challenge with identifying cannons in early 14th century Arabic texts would be the term midfa, which appears from 1342 to 1352 but cannot be established for being genuine hand-guns or bombards. Present-day accounts of a metallic-barrel cannon https://bookmarksden.com/story14854717/details-fiction-and-goex-black-powder-2f