Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s9.t2.15

v1.c20.s9.t2.15

While the term *bapota* thus implies the inheritance or patrimony, its holder, if a military vassal, is called Bhumia, a term equally powerful, meaning one actually identified with the soil (*bhum*), and for which the Muhammadan has no equivalent but in the possessive compound *watandar*, or *mirasdar*. The Caniatchi¹ of Malabar is the Bhumia of Rajasthan.