Chapter BAEL to BAHAUDUR of B by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

Deputy Magistrates, whilst Hindu Deputy Magistrates assume ‘Rái Bahádur’; it stands, of course, for ‘Khán- i-Bahádur,’ ‘the courageous Khán.’ The compound, however, is a modern abnormal one; for ‘Khán’ was conferred by the Dihli Emperors, and so also ‘Bahádur’ and ‘Bahádur Khán,’ but not ‘Khán Bahádur.’ ”—Prof. Blochmann, in Ind. Antiquary, i. 261.

1876.—“Reverencing at the same time bravery, dash, and boldness, and loving their freedom, they (the Kirghiz) were always ready to follow the standard of any batyr, or hero,…who might appear on the stage.”—Schuyler’s Turkistan, i. 33.

1878.—“Peacock feathers for some of the subordinate officers, a yellow jacket for the successful general, and the bestowal of the Manchoo title of Baturu, or ‘Brave,’ on some of the most distinguished brigadiers, are probably all the honours which await the return of a triumphal army. The reward which fell to the share of ‘Chinese Gordon’ for the part he took in the suppression of the Taiping rebellion was a yellow jacket, and the title of Baturu has lately been bestowed on Mr Mesny for years of faithful service against the rebels in the province of Kweichow.”—Saturday Rev., Aug. 10, page 182.

“There is nothing of the great bahawder about him.”—Athenaeum. No. 2670, page 851.

1879.—“This strictly prohibitive Proclamation is issued by the Provincial Administrative Board of Likim…and Chang, Brevet-Provincial Judge, chief of the Foochow Likim Central Office, Taot’ai for special service, and Bat’uru with the title of ‘Awe-inspiring Brave’ ”—Transl. of Proclamation against the cultivation of the Poppy in Foochow, July 1879.