Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Masanin tarihi Ahmad Y. al-Hassan, bisa ga bincikensa na rubuce-rubucen Larabci na karni na 14 wanda ya yi jayayya cewa kwafin rubuce-rubucen da suka gabata ne, ya yi ikirarin cewa an yi amfani da bindigogi a yakin Ain Jalut
a shekara ta 1260. Koyaya wasu masana tarihi kamar su David Ayalon, Iqtidar Alam Khan, Joseph Needham, Tonio Andrade, da Gabor Ágoston sun karyata da'awar Hassan. Khan ya yi jayayya cewa Mongols ne suka gabatar da barbashi ga duniyar Islama, kuma ya yi imanin cewa bindigogi sun isa Masar Mamluk ne kawai a cikin 1370s. A cewar Needham, kalmar "midfa", wacce aka rubuta a cikin matani daga 1342 zuwa 1352, ba ta nufin ainihin bindigogi ko bama-bamai ba, kuma asusun zamani na bindiga mai ƙarfe a duniyar Islama ba ya faruwa har zuwa 1365. Hakanan, Andrade ya tsara bayyanar rubutu na bindigogi a cikin kafofin gabas ta tsakiya zuwa 1360s. Gabor Ágoston da David Ayalon sun yi imanin cewa Mamluks tabbas sun yi amfani da bindigogi na kewaye da shekarun 1360, amma farkon amfani da bindigogi a duniyar Islama ba su da tabbas tare da yiwuwar bayyanar a cikin Masarautar Granada ta 1320s, duk da haka shaidar ba ta tabbata ba.