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Definition of Musnud
1. Noun. A seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes.
Definition of Musnud
1. Noun. a raised seat, overspread with carpets or embroidered cloth and furnished with pillows for the back and elbow. This forms the seat of honor, as in the zenana, where it is the seat of the lady of the house, and privileged visitors are invited to share it as a mark of respect and favor. It is also the ceremonial seat or throne of a rajah ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musnud
Literary usage of Musnud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄ (1832)
"Its interior described.—Furniture, decorations, &c.—The Purdah (curtains).—Bedstead.—The
musnud (seat of honour).—Mirrors and ornamental furniture disused. ..."
2. The Rebellion in India: How to Prevent Another by John Bruce Norton (1857)
"... and, on his death, in 1737, he was suc- " ceeded on the musnud by the widow
... took place at the latter end of the last century to " the musnud of ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... succeeded in deposing the younger and sen ting himself upon the ancestral musnud.
The British Government recognised him, and he on his part accepted the ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick by Hugh Pearson (1834)
"... and his title to the musnud—Proceedings at the two Presidencies of Madras and
Bengal—Important services of Mr. Swartz upon this occasion—High testimony ..."
5. Our Faithful Ally, the Nizam: Being an Historical Sketch of Events, Showing by Hastings Fraser (1865)
"... succeeds to the musnud. THE prospects created for the Nizam's government by
the change of ministry were not so brilliant as to throw into the shade all ..."
6. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄, B Mrs Mīr Ḣasan 'Alī, B. Mire Ḧasan 'Alï (1832)
"-Its interior described.—Furniture, decorations, &c.—The Purdah (curtains).—Bedstead.—The
musnud (seat of honour).—Mirrors and ornamental furniture disused. ..."
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