A History of the Mahrattas v1.c14.30
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c14.30
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v1.c14.30
Every ten men had an officer called a Naik, and every fifty a Havildar. The officer over a hundred was termed Joomladar, and the commander of a thousand was styled ek-Huzaree. There were also officers of five thousand, between whom and the Surnobut, or chief commander, there was no intermediate gradation.