The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c11.s2.22
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c11.s2.22
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c11.s2.22
*Ghor-dāhan* was a kind of *jazā’il*, of which one thousand were made at Lāhor for Mu‘īn-ul-mulk between 1161 and 1167 H. (1748—1754), see the *Tahmās nāmah* of Miskīn, composed in 1196 H., fol. 36*a*. The allusion in the name seems to be to the everted or widened mouth of the barrel.