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Bulbul, _hazari dastar_, the famous songster, is not a real _bulbul_, but either Alaudina or a stonechat.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Then an _hazari_ (commander of five thousand) came running and pushed through the throng that the full force of the tragedy held almost silent.
Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896
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An official regulation of prices is posted conspicuously in the bungalow: For room and charpoy, Rs 1; dinner, Rs 1-8; chota-hazari,
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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Boniface accommodates Sahibs with supper, charpoy, and chota-hazari for the small sum of Rs4; punkah-wallahs, pahnee-wallahs, sweepers, etc., extra.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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He raised his _tulwar_ aloft, -- and as he did so the steel of every jamadar and hazari flashed upward, -- saying, "We Pindaris and Bundoolas who rode for Amir Khan, and now ride for Kassim, swear in the name of
Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896
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