khassadarn.
/ˈkasədɑː/ In the border region of north-western India and Afghanistan, a local militiaman (see quots. 1930, 1950).
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1901 T. H. Holdich Indian Borderland xii. 273 An Afghan force of about 1,000 men, half of whom were Kassidars (irregulars)... The Kassidars were but half~trained troops.
1909 Daily Chron. 13 Apr. 3/5 The Khyber Pass will be closed to caravans..due to the aggressive attitude of the Khassadars, or Militia, on the Afghan border.
1923 Glasgow Herald 16 July 6 The object of the murder is to discredit the Khassadar movement.
1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 22 Apr. 5/2 The khassadar is an extremely irregular soldier, performing a sort of police duty on caravan routes on the North-West Frontier.
1950 W. K. Fraser-Tytler Afghanistan xiii. 260 Khassadars were tribal police responsible for the general safety of the roads running through the areas of their respective tribes.
1965 K. P. S. Menon Many Worlds 94 These outposts are manned by Khassadars, a kind of irregular tribal police, formed for the purpose of enforcing the security of the road.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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