The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c16.s12.2
The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c16.s12.2
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c16.s12.2
THE etymology of the word *khūṭ* is doubtful. It seems highly improbable that the rare Arabic word *khūṭ* meaning ‘a fine young man’ should have been applied to Hindu chiefs without any precedent. W. H. Moreland dismisses the theory that *khūṭ* is the arabicized form of *khot* which was in use in Gujrat and Konkan for two reasons :—