durbar--public audience
feringhi--foreigner
fil-kash--elephant-drawn cannon
firman--royal decree
frigalla--Portuguese frigate
gau-kash--ox-drawn cannon
ghee--clarified butter
ghola--blend of opium and spice
gopi--milkmaid
gulal bar--royal compound in camp
gur--unrefined cane sugar
guru--teacher
gurz--three-headed club
hal--goalposts for chaugan
harkara--confidential court reporters
hookah--water pipe for smoking tobacco
howdah--seat carried on back of elephant
jagir--taxable lands granted to a nobleman
kama--love, sensual pleasure
karwa--Indian seaman
katar--knife designed for thrusting
khabardar--"take heed"
khaftan--quilted vest worn under armor
kos--approximately two miles
kamar-band--ceremonial waist sash
lakh--a hundred thousand
lapsi--preparation of gur, ghee, and wheat
lila--play or sport
lor langar--chain attached to elephant's leg
lungi--long waist wrap worn by men
mahal--palace
mahout--elephant driver
maidan--public square
mansab--rank given a nobleman
mansabdar--nobleman granted estates to tax
mardum-kash--small cannon
masala--blend of spices, "curry powder"
mihaffa--wooden turret suspended between two animals
mina bazaar--mock bazaar held on Persian New Year
mirdanga--South Indian drum
mohur--gold coin
mudra--hand signs in the Indian classical dance
musallim--navigator on Indian ship
mutasaddi--chief port official
nakuda--owner-captain of Indian trading vessel
naqqara-khana--entry to royal compound
nashudani--"good-for-nothing"
nautch--suggestive dance
nezah--lance
nilgai--Indian deer
nim--plant whose root is used for cleaning teeth
nimaste--Hindi greeting, "Hello"
pahar--three hours
pakhar--steel plate elephant armor
palas--wood used for chaugan stick
pan--betel leaf rolled around betel nut and spices and
chewed panch--wine punch pandit--Hindu scholar pice--Indian "penny"
postibangh--mixture of opium and hemp extract
prahna--spirit, life force