The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c11.s2.23

c11.s2.23

*Qidr*. The *Mirāt-i-Ahmadī*, fol. 199*a*, in describing the battle outside Ahmadābād in 1143 H. (1730), between Abhai Singh, Rāhtor, and Sarbuland Khān, speaks of the horsemen with *qidr*, قدر, and matchlocks advancing to give battle. I cannot find what weapon this was. The nearest word I have found is قدر, *qidr*, a cauldron, pot, kettle, Steingass, 957; but this does not suggest an explanation. According to Erskine "History", ii, 294 (note), Osmanli troops lay great store by a kettle, which they carry into the field as other troops do their colours. But at Ahmadābād neither side were Osmanlis.