Chapter PUTLAM to PUTTÁN, PATHÁN of P by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

call Pathan: on this account he conferred upon Abd Ulrasheed the title of Pathan¹ also.”—Hist. of the Afghans, E.T., by Dorn, i. 38.

[1638.—“…Ozmanchan a Puttanian…”—Sir T. Herbert, ed. 1677, p. 76.]

1648.—“In general the Moors are a haughty and arrogant and proud people, and among them the Pattans stand out superior to the others in dress and manners.”—Van Twist, 58.

1666.—“Martin Affonso and the other Portuguese delivered them from the war that the Patanes were making on them.”—Faria y Sousa, Asia Portuguesa, i. 343.

1673.—“They are distinguished, some according to the Consanguinity they claim with Mahomet; as a Siad is a kin to that Imposture.… A Shiek is a Cousin too, at a distance, into which Relation they admit all new made Proselytes. Meer is somewhat allied also.… The rest are adopted under the Name of the Province…as Mogul, the Race of the Tartars…Patan, Duccan.”—Fryer, 93.

1681.—“En estas regiones ay vna cuyas gentes se dizen los Patanes.”—Martinez de la Puente, Compendio, 21.

1726.—“…The Patans (Patanders) are very different in garb, and surpass in valour and stout-heartedness in war.”—Valentijn, Choro. 109.

1757.—“The Colonel (Clive) complained bitterly of so many insults put upon him, and reminded the Soubahdar how different his own conduct was, when called upon to assist him against the Pytans.”—Ices. 149.

1763.—“The northern nations of India, although idolaters…were easily induced to embrace Mahomedanism, and are at this day the Affghans or Pitans.”—Orme, i. 24, ed. 1803.

1789.—“Moormen are, for the most part, soldiers by profession, particularly in the cavalry, as are also…Pitans.”—Munro, Narr. 49.

1798.—“…Afghans, or as they are called in India, Patans.”—G. Forster, Travels, ii. 47.