The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c13.9
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c13.9
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7) *Rāmjanakī*. Another unusual word for some sort of light field-piece is *rāmjakī* or *rāmjanakī* (*Jauhar-i-ṣamṣām*, fol. 155*a*). I also find the word used during the period 1134--1147 H. in the *Aḥwāl-i-khawāqīn*, fol. 216*b*, where I read it *Rāmchangī*. It is given as *Rāmjangī* on fol. 8*a* of the *Hidāyat-ul-quwāid* of Hidāyat-ullah, Bahārī, composed in 1128 H. I cannot suggest even a derivation for the name.