The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.20
The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.20
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c20.20
Desy—More correctly Desai. ‘An hereditary Officer, the head of a Pergunnah. He is the same as the Deshmukh.’ Molesworth, *A Dictionary—Marathi and English*, p. 426. ‘In W. and S. India a native official in charge of a district, often held hereditarily, a petty chief.’ Hobson Jobson, p. 306.