patel's

So my mind was at ease; according to the patel's promise, there remained yet four days of safety for Baji Lal and

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

After learning these things, I took my leave, commending Baji Lal and his wife to the care of the constable, whose promise that nothing would happen to his prisoners until the patel's return I sealed with a handful of rupees.

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

But I beg of you not to place any reliance on the patel's coming, for he sides with the rest of the villagers, and will help them to deal out the swift justice which he believes to be well deserved.

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

a boy was discovered who was descended from the old _patel's_ family, and he was invited to resume the office of headman of the village of his forefathers, which even the Bhil, who had been nominated to it, was forward to resign to the rightful inheritor.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894