The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c12.s1.2

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Names. The large guns were all dignified with pompons names, just as elephants were, such names as Ghāzī Khān “Lord Champion”, Sher Dahān “Tiger-mouth”, Dhumdhām “The Noisy”, (Shiū Dās, 29a) Kishwar kushā “World-opener”, Garh-bhanjan “Fort Demolisher”, Fath-i-Lashkar “Army Conqueror”, (Elliot, vii, 100) Aurangbār “Strength of the Throne”, *Burj Shikan* “Bastion Breaker”, (Catrou, 256) *Jahān kushā* “World Conqueror” (Horn, 37) and so forth. At the battle of Husainpur in 1133 H. (Nov. 1720) there were present *Sher dahān* (Tiger mouth), *Ghāzi Khān* (Lord Champion), *‘Ālam-sitān* (World-seizer), *Ātash-dahān* (Fire mouth), Khushḥāl Chand, Berlin Ms. N°. 495, fol. 1015*a*. In addition to a name they were also usually provided with an inscription, sometimes in verse, stating the name of the founder, the place and the year of manufacture.