[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.609 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.609 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.609 - **Language:** English ### [c10.609](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.609) \*\*AUMILDAR\*\*. Properly \*’amaldār\*, ‘one holding office’; (Ar. \*’amal\*, ‘work,’ with P. term of agency). A factor or manager. Among the Mahrattas the \*Amaldār\* was a collector of revenue under varying conditions—(See details in \*Wilson\*). The term is now limited to Mysore and a few other parts of India, and does not belong to the standard system of any Presidency. The word in the following passage looks as if intended for \*’amaldār\*, though there is a term \*Māldār\*, ‘the holder of property.’ - [Previous: c10.608](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.608) - [Next: c10.610](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.610) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.609](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.609) · Pramāṇa