The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.45
The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.45
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c20.45
*Peshkash* — ‘Persian *Pesh-kash*. Wilson interprets this as literally ‘first fruits’. It is used as an offering or tribute but with many specific and technical senses which will be found in Wilson, *e.g.*, a fine on appointment, renewal, or investiture; a quit-rent, a payment exacted on lands formerly rent-free, or in substitution for service no longer exacted; sometimes a present to a great man, or (loosely) for the ordinary Government demand on land.’ *Hobson Jobson*, p. 701.