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  • 24/03/2023 at 11:58 #184427
    Avatar photoOB
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    Qajar

    I bought a 15mm Qajar Persian Army Deal from Irregular Miniatures.  I added a few bits to it to provide extra units.  Every now and then I paint a unit or so.

    I got a fair bit done recently and finished off the regular infantry and camel gunners.

    The army is now pretty much done.  If it is of interest here’s the link to my blog.

    https://youdonotknowthenorth.blogspot.com

    OB
    http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/

    24/03/2023 at 22:23 #184458
    Avatar photoGuy Farrish
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    Fascinating and excellent as usual.

    I confess, to my shame that I knew nothing about the Qajar Persian dynasty until I saw your earlier piece about this army, last year some time? I don’t what I thought had happened between the Safavids and the arrival of the Russians and Brits.

    Lovely little (?) army.

    25/03/2023 at 11:01 #184460
    Avatar photoWhirlwind
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    Yes, a fascinating army; I have just been listening to the Persian section in Alexander Mikaberidze’s Napoleonic Wars: A Global History and there are lots of potential uses for them.

    25/03/2023 at 12:20 #184462
    Avatar photoOB
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    Thanks Guy.  Hope you’re doing well.  Not a big one certainly, so far 4 battalions of regulars, 3 squadrons of cavalry, 3 tribal cavalry, 3 Kurdish lancers, 2 units of camel gunners, 1 of horse artillery and 1 of skirmishers.

    As you say Whirlwind no shortage of opponents for them.

     

    OB
    http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/

    26/03/2023 at 00:57 #184472
    Avatar photoKonstantinos Travlos
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    Very lovely

    26/03/2023 at 13:26 #184477
    Avatar photoTony S
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    What sources did you find for this army?  I stumbled across this awhile ago – https://www.wargamevault.com/m/product/168892

    Definitely seems like a fun army to paint up.  I quite like your results OB!

    26/03/2023 at 15:38 #184483
    Avatar photoOB
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    Konstantinos Travlos wrote:

    Very lovely

    Thanks Konstantinos, they are colourful.

    OB
    http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/

    26/03/2023 at 15:42 #184484
    Avatar photoOB
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    Tony S wrote:

    What sources did you find for this army? I stumbled across this awhile ago – https://www.wargamevault.com/m/product/168892 Definitely seems like a fun army to paint up. I quite like your results OB!

    Cheers Tony,

    Chris Flaherty had a website of his research on the army, lots of Ottoman stuff too.  Subsequently he published a book on the Persian Army.

    There are still a lot of images if you google Qajar Persian Army.

    OB
    http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/

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