The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c15.17
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c15.17
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c15.17
*Barqandāz*. This name (literally *barq*, lightening, *andāz*, thrower), which came to be the commonest name for a foot soldier using a musket, appears rarely, if at all, in earlier writings, unless as a mere metaphor. An early use of it as a name for a matchlock man is found in *Aḥwāl-i-khawāqīn*, 209*b*, (c. 1147 H.).