The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c9.36

c9.36

*Kanthā-sobhā.* — This is Nº. 70 in the list in the *Āīn*, 112, and, as we can see from figure 7 on plate i of W. Egerton’s catalogue, it was a neck-piece or gorget. Nº. 69 (*rānak*) and Nº. 71 (*mozah-i-āhanī*) are both worn by the man and not the horse; then why does Blochmann, in his note, suggest that Nº. 70 (*kanthā-sobhā*) was attached to the horse’s neck? The derivation is from *kanthā* (Shakes., 1616) a necklace, and *sobhā*, id. 1338, ornament, dress, decoration.