The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c9.28

c9.28

*Jāmah-i-fatāḥī*. — This word is employed in the *Akbarnāmah* (Lucknow edition), ii, 89, line 3. According to the editor's note it is “a robe which on the day of battle is put on beneath the coat of mail, and on it extracts from the Qurān, such as *Annā fataḥnā*, are inscribed.” Steingass, 351, defines it as “a fine silken robe.” The coats worn by the Khalīfah’s men in the Sūdān, and now at the United Service Institution, must be specimens, as they have words embroidered or sewn on to them.