[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928) › v3.c27.22 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.22 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.22 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c27.22) The guards were commanded by officers known as \*Tavājī\*, many of whom acted as aides-de-camp to the king and gentlemen ushers at court, in which capacity they were styled \*Bārdār\*. The whole bodyguard, known as \*Khāss-Khail\*, consisted of 200 esquires to the king (\*Aslihadār\*) and 4000 gentlemen troopers (\*Yaka-Javān\*), and was divided into four reliefs (\*Naubat\*), each consisting of 50 esquires and 1000 troopers, and commanded by one of the great nobles at the capital, with the title of \*Sar-Naubat\*. The tour of duty of each relief was four days, and the whole force was commanded by one of the ministers, entitled, as commander of the guards, \*Sarkhail\*, who performed his ordinary military duties by deputy. - [Previous: v3.c27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c27.21) - [Next: v3.c27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c27.23) - [Up: v3.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c27.22) · Pramāṇa