THE HISTORY

OF THE

BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA.

BY

EDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF "THE GAZETTEER OF INDIA," ETC.

SECOND EDITION,

WITH

AN ENTIRELY NEW AND ENLARGED GLOSSARY.

LONDON:

Wx. H. ALLEN & CO. 7, LEADENHALL STREET.

1859.

22-155126.

GLOSSARY.

ABAD. Cultivated, peopled, founded. Coupled | ATTA, OTTA.-Coarse flour. with a name it denotes the founder: as AURUNG.-Depôt; factory. Ukber-abad, the city founded by Ukber, AVATAR.-Incarnation of the Deity. on the site of the Hindoo village of Agra. AYAH.-Female servant; lady's-maid. Shahjehanabad, city founded by Shah Jehan AYEEN.-Laws; regulations; institutes. on the site of the old city of Delhi; the AZAN.-The Mahommedan call to prayers. old names, however, are retained by the people in spite of the Great Mogul. Allahabad, the city of God-the name given by the Mahommedans to the Hindoo holy place at the junction of the rivers Ganges and Jumna, known to the Hindoos as Prag or Pryag.

ABDAR.-a domestic whose duty it is to superintend the water for drinking, to cool and clear it; employed as butler by the English.

ABKAR.-Distiller of spirits.

ABKARY, ABKAREE.-Excise; the revenue

derived from spirits and intoxicating drugs. ADAWLUT, UDALUT.-A court of justice. Suddur Udalut-principal court. Dewanee Udalut-court for civil suits. Foujdaree or Nizamut Udalut-criminal court. AHIR, ÜHEER.Shepherd, a caste from which the Bengal army accepts recruits. AKALEE. Sikh armed fanatic.

B.

BABOO.-A title of rank, but now used indis-
criminately like "Esquire" in England.
BADMUASH, BUDMAASH.-A disreputable per-
son; one who has no ostensible means of
gaining his livelihood.
BAGH.-A garden.
BAHADOOR.-A hero; a warrior; a title of
rank amongst the Mahommedans; a new
order established in the native army by the
English.

BAHORA, BUHORA, BOHRA.-A money-lender.
BAIE, BHYE.-A lady; title given to Mah-
ratta princesses.

BAIRAGEE, BYRAGHEE.-A Hindoo religious mendicant.

BAISHNUVEE.-A follower of the god Vishnoo. BAIT.-A residence, abode. Bait-oolah-the house of God, Mecca.

AMIL.-Dominion; a farmer of revenue; an BAKHSH.-A gift; one who gives. Bukhshish,

officer of government. AMILDAR.-Governor.

AMILDAREE-Territory, government.
AMEEN, UMEEN.-Agent, a title given to the
native judges by the English: as Sudder
Ameen-chief judge; Sudder Ameen Ala—
principal chief judge.

AMEER, EMIR.A nobleman amongst the
Mahommedans.

ANKOOS.-A weapon; a kind of axe, used to
drive an elephant.

ARAK, ARBACK.-Spirit; juice; fermented liquor.

ARHUR, URHUR (corruptly, Rhhr).—A kind of pulse (Cytisus Cajan). It grows strong and bushy; when cut (in February) the sharp stakes left are very dangerous to horses' hoofs; they are oftenmis taken for cotton stalks.

Arzi, Urzee.—A letter addressed to a superior, a petition.

ASAMI, ASSAMEE.- -A cultivator; a client; a constituent.

Bucis, Bakhsheesh-present, reward. BAKHSHEE. Paymaster; treasurer to the army; commander-in-chief. BANDY, BUNDEE.—A cart or carriage. BANG, BHUNG.-The leaves of the hemp (Cannabis sativa), bruised and pounded in a mortar, and infused in water; an intoxicating drink. The leaves are smoked, and also chewed.

BANJARA, BRINJARU.-Carriers of grain laden on bullocks, and especially employed in supplying troops; a tribe.

BANKA. A dandy; a fop; an idle dissolute

fellow. The Delhi banka is famous as the dissipated dandy of India.

BANYAN, BUNIYA.-A merchant; the caste of Hindoo traders. In Calcutta, the cashier and chief manager of a mercantile establishment.

BARAH.-Twelve. Barah Wufat-a religious

festival of the Mahommedans; the 12th of the month in which Mahommed died. BARAT, BURAT. - A Mahommedan festival.