Bantan – A Hindoo merchant; manager of a European’s concerns.
Batla – An allowance to troops in the field.
Begum – The lady of a noble or prince.
Brinjarees – The hereditary and professional carriers of India.
Cazee – A Mohamedan judge and notary.
Chout – The fourth of revenues exacted by the Mahrattas.
Cowrie – The lowest coin in India; a shell.
Crore – Ten millions of rupees; one million sterling.
Daroga – Superintendent of Police.
Dewan – The principal minister of finance; a head manager
Dewanny – The management of the revenue.
Dewanny Court – Court of civil justice.
Dooab – The country lying between any two rivers.
Durbar – A levee; a cabinet council.
Firman – An imperial grant, order, or charter.
Fouzdar – A commander of military police; a criminal Judge.
Ghaut – Stairs leading to a river; a mountain pass.
Gold mohur – A gold coin worth 32s.
Harem – The seraglio.
Jageer – An estate, not hereditary, held on military service.
Jageerdar – The holder of a jageer.
Jezzia – The poll-tax imposed on infidels by Mohamedans.
Kayusts – The writer caste, ranking next to the Brahmins.
Kshetriyu – The second, or military caste.
Lac – One hundred thousand.
Maun – An Indian weight, about 82 lbs.
Moonsiff – A civil judge of the lowest grade.
Muharanee – Queen, princess.
Omra – A noble.
Pagoda – A Madras coins value 8s.
Pariar – An outcast.
Peshcush – Tribute.
Pottah – A lease.
Rupee – Two shillings.
Ryot – An agricultural tenant
Seer – A variable weights – generally 2lbs.
Sepoy – A native soldier.
Shastrus – The sacred writings of the Hindoos.
Sirdar – A chief.
Sir-desh-mookhee – The tenth of the produce exacted by the Mahrattas.
Soobah – A province.
Soobadar – The governor of a Soobah.
Soodra – A man of the fourth or lowest caste.
Sudder chief
Sudder Dewanny – The supreme civil courts
Sunnud – A patent for office.
Vakeel – An envoy or representative; – an attorney.
Vizier – Prime minister.
Zemindar – A landholder.
Zemindary – A landed estate.
Zenana – The female apartments.
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage