The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c11.s1.21

c11.s1.21

¹ In Budāonī (Printed Text, i, 418, l. 3) there is an expression, *katībah-i-bāsh*, which Blochmann marked as doubtful in his copy (now in my possession), without suggesting any alternative; Ranking, 537, substitutes *katāh-i-bās*, and translates “bamboo shaft.” I cannot find *katah* in the dictionaries, Persian or Urdū, unless it be a form of कठ *kath*, “wooden.” If so, “wooden-bambu” seems an odd combination.