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Glossary

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.

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