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‖ ressalah|rəˈsɑːlə|
Also 8 rissalla, 9 risalah, russala(h), rusala.
[ad. Urdū (Arab.) risālah, f. Arab. arsala he sent.]
In India, a squadron of native cavalry.
1758W. Hastings Let. in Gleig Mem. (1841) I. 70 Shokum Sing and Harroon Cawn (formerly of Roy Doollub's Rissalla). 1800Wellington in Gurw. Disp. (1844) I. 147 Charged with having endeavoured to seduce from the service of..the Rajah of Mysore a russalah of horse. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 89 Four days later came two Risálahs of Bengal Irregular Cavalry. 1862Beveridge Hist. India III. viii. iv. 366 Ghuznee to be garrisoned by the 16th native infantry, a ressalah of Skinner's horse [etc.]. |