Oman and Zanzibar Virtual Museum

Omani soldiers 1841 with Matchlocks and Rhino shields ! Omani soldiers with matchlocks swords and Rhino shields Omani soldiers 1841 with Matchlocks and Rhino shields           Author / Publisher: Print based on an oil painting (by Colm?) in the Paris salon 1841 Title:  "une poste d´arabes appartenant a la garde de l´Imam a Mascate par Colm"  In English: Guards apparently guarding the Imam of Muscat by Colm". References: Denis de Rivoyre,  "Mascate" in Bibliotheque illustree des voyages autour du monde parterre & par mer page 1898