Glossary - J

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Jama-MasjidThe principal mosque or Mohammadan place of prayer in a city.[Wilson’s glossary]284
JamadarThe chief or leader of any number of persons, in military language, a native subaltern officer, second...243
JamatkhanaA place of assembly. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]224
JamiLand.253
Jami JamaThe word ‘jami jama’ indicates lands as well as rent or when taken together in abstract sense means...345
Jangal or JongolA forest, a ticket; any tract overrun with bushes or trees, or suffered to be overspread with vegetation....296
JatiyaNational.244
Jatiya Party BangladeshNational Party Bangladesh; a political party in Bangladesh.242
JaziahA capitation tax levied on all who refused to become Mohammadans. It was abolished in India by Akbar,...353
JhilLow-lying rice and retentive of moisture also a pond for irrigation. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]237