Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c51.s7.2

v4.c51.s7.2

At that time the corps contained two brigades of regular infantry. Each brigade had ten battalions of which six were armed with muskets (*i.e.*, flintlocks.) and called Telingās, and four with matchlocks, called Najibs (an inferior class, composed of Pathans, dressed in the Persian style.) Eight companies, each of 68 men (namely 52 privates, 12 officers, two bandsmen and two *bhistis*) formed a battalion, which by adding 23 members of the staff (namely 10 officers, one surgeon, two clerks, three couriers, one *bhisti* major, five musket-stock makers and one *pandit*) gave a total strength of 567 men. Besides these, twenty-four recruits under four officers were attached to each battalion like apprentices, but they did not count in actions. (They drew two annas a day until incorporated in the rank and file at Rs. 5 a month.)