Banskuttee mehal=Tract of forest in which Government possessed the right to cut bamboos and other growth = Bar rakh Waste land watered by rain Beega (Bigha)= acre Beega (Bigha)=} acre (Bengal) Bélah a gum or varnish Ber=Zizyphus jujuba Candies=One candy=15 cubic feet Chetty A Karnāta Sūdra (caste); a weaver by caste or occupation = Chos Eroded cultivated land or eroded area Chowker=A Bengal market measurement of timber in 1860-70 Chowkees A toll-station; a guard or watch Chuprassi Orderly or messenger Darogah Sub-inspector of police; chief police officer of a village. The same title was at first given to subordinate forest officers occupying a similar status Doker A Bengal market measurement of timber in 1860–70 = Dooli-A palanquin Dhák-Butea frondosa Dhya-Shifting cultivation (Central Provinces and North-West Provinces) Ghát Landing stage or depôt on river bank Gháts Mountain ranges (crests) in Bombay and Madras Ghatwal One who has charge of a mountain pass or a landing place on a river = Ghatwalee mouzahs A place, village or district where a Ghatwal is stationed Jagheer or Jaghir=Land grant Jemadar Indian native commissioned officer Jhum Shifting cultivation (Bengal and Assam) Kadam Nauclea cadamba = Kahs Revenue collected direct by Government Kharshu oak Quercus semecarpifolia Khas Government-owned estates (Bengal and parts of Assam) Khan, or Khas, Tehsil or Tahsil Revenue collected direct by Government Kikur Acacia arabica Kumri Shifting cultivation (Madras and Bombay) Lac Lakh=1,00,000 rupees Malgoozaree Lands paying revenue to Government Mamlutdar or Manlatdar Officer in charge of local Revenue charge Maund 80 lbs; 27 maunds=1 ton=45 cubic feet Meerasdars=The holder of a heritage; proprietor of land Mehal or Mahal or Mohal=Quarter of a town or village-a district Mohwa or Mowah-Bassia latifolia Mooza or Mauzah=A place, village; cultivated lands of village Moru oak-Quercus dilatata Peon Orderly or messenger Pergunnah or Pergannah Civil division of a district Picotta A machine or contrivance for raising water for irrigation purposes Purwannah or Parwana=Order; Imperial writ Pyinkado or Pyingado=Xylia dolabriformis Raiyat Peasant Rejbuhas or Rājbāhā=Branches or "leaders" from main canal Rukh Waste land (Punjab) Ryot=Peasant Sailaba lands Lands watered by inundations Sémul or Simul=Bombax malabaricum Shrotriendar-The holder of land at a favourable rental for duties discharged Sissoo or Sissu Dalbergia Sissoo Sudder (Station)=The chief station of a district Talook=Tenure Talooka A revenue sub-division of a district = Talookdar or Taluqdar=A revenue farmer Tamarind Tamarindus indica Tehseel or Tahsil-A local Revenue charge Tehsildar or Tahsildar=Officer in charge of a local Revenue charge Thanna or Thana=Police Station or district charge Wurkus or Warkas land=Land only suited to the cultivation of inferior grains or crops Ya Area cleared for shifting cultivation (Burma) Zemindar A Revenue farmer or landowner Zemindary=Area of land or estate owned by a Zemindar |