Later Mughals v1.c10.s4.9
Later Mughals v1.c10.s4.9
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v1.c10.s4.9
‡ Hazari (literally, "having thousand") is the name for a captain of artillery. Sometimes they are called by the Turkish word minkbashi, "head of one thousand." Baksariya means a foot-soldier or militia man. Apparently the name is derived from Baksar on the Ganges, a fort in pargana Bhojpur of subah Bihar, if we are to trust Rai Chatarman, Chahar Gulshan, fol. 127b, who in an itinerary from Bareli to Patna enters "Baksar, original home of the Baksariyas."