![]() Finally, it was found that the content in firearms manuscripts forms a primary ethnohistorical source that is vital to the study of technology in the context of the Malay traditional epistemology. The findings obtained were then classified into relevant topics and subject matter. This was done by means of amassing the manuscripts on firearms from several archives throughout Malaysia, followed by a critical analysis of the texts. This article aims to disclose the contents of the manuscripts through the description of the important details they hold. Its very existence is little known to the masses and this is most probably the one single cause that impeded researchers from exploring the extensive data in the manuscripts. Although much research has been done on Malay firearms technology, Malay manuscripts are rarely referred to despite being authoritative and pertinent sources of reference. ![]() ![]() The Malay manuscripts on firearms are fundamental sources of indigenous knowledge with regard to the firearms technological know-how of the Malays in the past.
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