Glossary

• kacheri

  district-level revenue office and magistracy

  An office in Rajput states and other north Indian kingdoms but not the Mughals. Also called kachahri and, in British colonial usage, kutcherry

• kamavisdar

  head revenue collector at the district level

  Predominantly refers to said collectors in the eighteenth-century Maratha empire. See Gordon, "The Slow Conquest."

• karori

  Revenue head of the Mughal Imperial household domains

  possibly also a noble's diwan, see N.A. Siddiqi, Land Revenue Administration under the Mughals

• kasht-kamati

  cultivation by hired labour or servants

• katba

  legally binding declaration

• khalifa

  a deputy, Caliph

  used as a respectful title

• khalisa

  in Mughal parlance, crown land that was directly managed by the central government

  also khalsa in Rajasthani and Hindi usage

• khanazad

  (lit.) born in the (imperial) household; a high-ranking noble

• khandani

  tribute

• khandi

  a measure of weight

  typically equal to either twenty or eight maunds

• kharif

  autumn

• kharita

  a high-status letter

  Also can refer to the pouch or silk bag used to hold such letters. Alternate Rajasthani spelling: khalita.

• khasgi

  officer of the royal household

• khatib

  Muslim preacher

• Krishna

  a Hindu deity

• kulkarni

  village record-keeper

• kunwar

  an unmarried boy or prince