The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c5.20

c5.20

*‘Alam*. — The flags seem to have been triangular in shape, either scarlet or green in colour, having a figure embroidered in gold and a gold fringe. The staff was surmounted by a figure corresponding to the one embroidered on the flag. A plate in Gentil’s “Mémoires” shows four of these embroidered emblems — 1st, a *panjah*, or open hand; 2nd, a man’s face with rays; 3rd, a lion (*sher*); and 4th, a fish. A flag, or *‘alam*, could be granted to no man under the rank of 1000 *suwār*.