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  • The party was within a quarter of a mile of the village when the kasid came running back.

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • Immediately on arriving in Murshidabad, Desmond had sent a kasid to

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • Desmond at once ordered his men to double, and as they dashed into the village among the wondering people, the kasid pointed out Surendra Nath's house at the far end -- a small two-storied building, surrounded by a wall and approached through a rickety iron gateway.

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • Having made his copy and sealed the original and his first transcription, he summoned his servant and bade him send for the kasid.

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • Mr. Watts withdrew all the garrison and officials behind the bastioned walls of the fort, and fearing that an attack in force would be made upon him, despatched a kasid {courier} to Calcutta with an urgent request for reinforcements.

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • Another man, a noted runner, formerly a kasid in the employment of the

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • If perchance a kasid or a chance traveler entered Santipur, the trick he had practised there would be immediately discovered; but if the messenger only touched at the places on the direct route on the other bank, he might hope that some time would elapse before the authorities there suspected that he had left the river.

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • The _kasid_ can move faster than we can, so we'll have him in and question him a little before writing.

    The Path to Honour Sydney C. Grier 1900

  • "I have sent a _kasid_ to meet poor Gerrard, to tell him he is to come to us, and we will take no refusal.

    The Path to Honour Sydney C. Grier 1900

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