The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c9.24
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c9.24
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c9.24
*Joshan*. — This is N°. 59 of the *Āīn*, list, p. 112, and is figured as N°. 48 on plate xiii. It appears to be a steel breastplate extending to the region of the stomach and bowels. Blochmann, p. xi, calls it an armour for chest and body; Steingass translates more vaguely ‘a coat of mail.’