The '''jezail''' or ''jezzail'' ( {{lang-ps|جزائل}}) ultimately from the plural form {{lang-ar|جزایل}} "long [barrels]") was a simple, cost-efficient traditonal and often handmade long arm commonly used in [[Central Asia]] and parts of the [[Middle East]] in the past. It was popularused amongst the [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribesmen , who deposed king [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Shuja]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='Ko-i-Staun Foot Soldiery in Summer Costume, Actively employed among the Rocks' {{!}} Online Collection {{!}} National Army Museum, London|url=https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-08-26-12|access-date=2020-08-29|website=collection.nam.ac.uk}}</ref> and was used mostly in the [[Anglo-Afghan War|Anglo Afghan]] wars by the [[Pashtuns]] against invading British soldiers.
