Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.776
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.776
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c. 1400.—"I ordained that every Ameer who should reduce a Kingdom, or defeat an army, should be exalted by the three things: by a title of honour, by the Tugh [Yak's tail standard], and by the Nakkāra [great kettle drum]; and should be dignified by the title of Bahādur."—*Timour's Institutes*, 283; see also 291-293.