Sirdars

English -- it is Captain This, Mr. That, who do, or are expected to do, everything; and all over the country the native chiefs will think, that the leaving the country to the management of the Sirdars was a mere mockery and delusion.

A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822

Animals of much higher blood are to be found in these places; but they are seldom purchased by traders, as there is great chance of such horses being picked out by the Durani Sirdars in transit, at their own valuation, and all together the profit on blood horses is not so great as that on the cheaper breeds. 4

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Bukshee, [General,] and her Sirdars are at my devotion.

The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

He was a tall, sunburnt, and very silent man, who wore a red smoking-cap like a fez, making him look like one of the English Sirdars or Pashas in Egypt.

The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003

It was fortunate there was no lack of provisions, for our numbers were considerably increased by the presence of Wali Mahomed Khan and many other Sirdars, who begged for shelter in Sherpur, on the plea that their lives would not be safe were they to return to the city.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

A week later I sent off the two Sirdars, Yahia Khan and Zakariah Khan, as well as the Wazir, whose guilt had been clearly proved, and whose powerful influence, I had every reason to believe, was being used to stir up the country against us.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Abdur Rahman had made himself master of Afghan-Turkestan, and was corresponding with the representative Sirdars at Kabul.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Throughout the day my friend (!) the Amir, surrounded by his Sirdars, remained seated on a knoll in the centre of the camp watching the progress of the fight with intense eagerness, and questioning everyone who appeared as to his interpretation of what he had observed.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

I found assembled at Deh-i-Mazang Wali Mahomed and other Sirdars, who had been watching with considerable anxiety the issue of the fight, for they knew if the Afghans succeeded in their endeavours to enter

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

A habit, too, seems to have been growing up among the Sirdars and others of wearing uniforms of Russian cut, Russian buttons, Russian boots, and the like.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts