Chapter TEE to TELINGA of T by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

Sultán (Ghiyásu-ddín) sent his eldest son, Ulugh Khán, with a canopy and an army against Arangal and Tilang.”—Ziú-uddín Barní, Ibid. 231.

c. 1335.—“For every mile along the road there are three dawat (post stations) … and so the road continues for six months’ marching, till one reaches the countries of Tiling and Ma’bar. … ”—Ibn Batuta, iii. 192.

„ In the list of provinces of India under the Sultan of Delhi, given by Shihabud-din Dimishki, we find both Talang and Talanj, probably through some mistake.—Not. et Exts. Pt. 1. 170–171.

c. 1590.—“Suba Berar. … Its length from Batala (or Patiala) to Bairagarh is 200 kuroh (or kos); its breadth from Bidar to Hindia 180. On the east o f Bairagarh it marches with Bastar; on the north with Hindia; on the south with Tilingana; on the west with Mahkarabad. … ”—Ain (orig.) i. 476; [ed. Jarrett, ii. 228; and see 230, 237].

1608.—“In the southern lands of India since the day when the Turushkas (Turks, i.e. Mahommedans) conquered Magadha, many abodes of Learning were founded; and though they were inconsiderable, the continuance of instruction and exorcism was without interruption, and the Pandit who was called the Son of Men, dwelt in Kalinga, a part of Trilinga.”—Täranatha’s H. of Buddhism (Germ. ed. of Schiefner), p. 264. See also 116, 158, 166.

c. 1614.—“Up to that time none of the zamíndárs of distant lands, such as the Rájá of Tilang, Pegu, and Malabar, had ventured upon disobedience or rebellion.”—Firishta, in Elliot, vi. 549.

1793.—“Tellingana, of which Warangoll was the capital, comprehended the tract lying between the Kistnah and Godavery Rivers, and east of Visiapour. … ”—Rennell’s Memoir, 3rd ed. p. [cxi.]

(2) TELINGA, s. This term in the 18th century was frequently used in Bengal as synonymous with sepoy, or a native soldier disciplined and clothed in quasi-European fashion, [and is still commonly used by natives to indicate a sepoy or armed policeman in N. India], no doubt because the first soldiers of that type came to Bengal from what was considered to be the Telinga country, viz. Madras.

1758.—“ … the latter commanded a body of Hindu soldiers, armed and accoutred and disciplined in the European manner of fighting; I mean those soldiers that are become so famous under the name of Talingas.”—Seir Mutaqherin, ii. 92.

c. 1760.—“ … Sepoys, sometimes called Tellingas.”—Grose, in his Glossary, see vol. I. xiv.

1760.—“300 Telingees are run away, and entered into the Beerboom Rajah’s service.”—In Long, 235; see also 236, 237, and (1761) p. 258, “Tellingers.”

c. 1765.—“Somro’s force, which amounted to 15 or 16 field-pieces and 6000 or 7000 of those foot soldiers called Talinghas, and which are armed with flint muskets, and accoutred as well as disciplined in the Frenghi or European manner.”—Seir Mutaqherin, iii. 254.

1786.—“ … Gardi (see GARDEE), which is now the general name of Sipahies all over India, save Bengal … where they are stiled Talingas, because the first Sipahees that came in Bengal (and they were imported in 1757 by Colonel Clive) were all Talingas or Telougous born … speaking hardly any language but their native. … ”—Note by Tr. of Seir Mutaqherin, ii. 93.

c. 1805.—“The battalions, according to the old mode of France, were called after the names of cities and forts. … The Telingas, composed mostly of Hindoos, from Oude, were disciplined according to the old English exercise of 1780. … ”—Sketch of the Regular Corps, &c., in Service of Native Princes, by Major Lewis Ferdinand Smith, p. 50.

1827.—“You are a Sahib Angrezie. … I have been a Telinga … in the Company’s service, and have eaten their salt. I will do your errand.”—Sir W. Scott, The Surgeon’s Daughter, ch. xiii.

1883.—“We have heard from natives whose grandfathers lived in those times, that the Oriental portions of Clive’s army were known to the Bengalis of Nuddea as Telingas, because they came, or were supposed to have accompanied him from Telingana or Madras.”—Saty. Review, Jan. 29, p. 120.

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