Government College, Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore District 54000, Pakistan
About
The Zamzama Gun, (Zam-Zammah) is also known as Kim's Gun or Bhangianwala Toap, is a large bore cannon. It was cast in 1757 in Lahore, Pakistan but at the time part of the Durrani Empire. It is currently on display in front of the Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pakistan. The gun is 14 feet, 4½ inches (4.38 metres) in length, with a bore at its aperture of 9½ inches (24.13 centimetres). This gun, one of the largest ever made in the sub-continent, was cast at Lahore along with another gun of the same size in 1757 by Shah Nazir under the directions of Shah Wali Khan, who was prime minister in the reign of the Abdali King Ahmed Shah Durrani. The gun has the date of manufacture, names of the monarch and the technician along with verses in Persian molded with floral patterns all over the barrel. The Zamzama was said to have been 'made of copper and brass'. Its construction was funded by the people of Lahore who were asked to give their kitchen utensils for the gun. According to some writers, some metal was obtained through jizya, metal vessels having been taken from Hindu households in Lahore. The Gun is displayed in the middle of The Mall Road, right in front of Old Punjab University Campus and NCA. You can see this gun while coming to and from Civil Secretariat of Punjab.
