Lexicographical Neighbors of Chobdars
Literary usage of Chobdars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta by Reginald Heber (1828)
"It is, I find, the ancient Mussulman fashion, and during their stay in Lucknow,
my chobdars and bearers learnt it also from those of the King and the ..."
2. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta by Reginald Heber (1828)
"... the sort of breakfast I ate, the visits I paid or received, and the manner in
which I passed my morning, would all be retailed by the King's chobdars, ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1842)
"In a voice of authority the chobdars demanded immediate admittance for two
messengers from the palace, on which the gates being flung open the ..."
4. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"... to be carried by our chobdars. " That whatever moneys, etc., have been taken
away, either upon the roads or in towns, or in any place whatever, ..."
5. The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company: Being Curious Reminiscences by William Carey (1907)
"... was preceded by chobdars, or attendants armed with a staff entirely covered
with silver, while the inferior members of council were allowed" ..."
6. The Araish-i-mahfil, Or, The Ornament of the Assembly by Sher ʻAli Jaʻfarī Afsos, Major Henry Court (1871)
"... but, as a rule, they are very small, and only two or three hands high, and
their platforms about the same length and breadth; however, a few chobdars, ..."
7. Madras in the Olden Time: Being a History of the Presidency from the First by James Talboys Wheeler (1861)
"... and inhabitants of all places whereto they trade, to be carried by our chobdars.
" That whatever moneys, etc. have been taken away, either upon the ..."
8. The Arāīs̲h-i-maḥfil: Or, The Ornament of the Assembly by Sher ʻAlī Jaʻfarī Afsos, Major Henry Court (1882)
"... they are very small, and only two or three hands high, and their platforms
about the same length and breadth; however, a few chobdars, ..."
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