Tintur had .°„ as his arms, supposed to repre Fent the three regions over which he ruled. His full title in the height of his power was Sultan, Kamran, Amir, Kutb-tul-Din, Timor, Kur Khan, Saltib-i-Kuran, meaning Sovereign, ruler, noble, polar star of the faith ; Timur, of the liueage of bovereign princes, lord of the grand conjunctions.' The Ynkti Kalapataru mentions five umbrellas of Orissa, viz. the Prasada, Pratapa, Kalasa, Kanaka-danda, and Nava-danda. The rajas of Cochin have as their insignia the palauquin with umbrella, the lamp, and the chank-shell.
The balaband or head-fillet is the diadem of the Greeks, and in Mewar is the symbol of honour.
the days of her grandeur, it was held equal to any cordon of Christendom. It consists of one or more cords of fiosa silk and gold thread, tied round the turband, the ends hanging behind the head. It was valued as the mark of the sovereign's favour.
In 1808, Futteli Ali Shah, emperor of Persia, instituted the Order of the Lion and Sun, Sher-o Khun3hid, to decorate foreign envoys who had rendered services to his government, and it is now given to Persian subjects. In the treaty of peace with Persia of 4th March 1857, the emperor is styled His Majesty, whose standard is the sun ; the sacred, the august, the great monarch, the absolute king of kings of all the States of Persia.' At the sante time, his ambassador, then at the court of France, was styled His Excellency, the abode of greatness, the favourite of the kin(' ; Firokh Khan, Amin-ul-Mulk, the great arnbassader of the mighty State of Persia.' This emperor takes as epithets, Ali Ilazrat, Kawi Shokat, Shalinshall, also Ali Ilazmt Aqdas II ttimiyun, Shahnshah, also ; likewise Zil Allah, Shadow of God, and Hashmat Panah, Source of Dignity.
The honorific appellations adopted by the Asaf Jalti dynasty rulers of Hyderabad in the Dekhan have varied. In thc 18th ceatury it was Nizam-ul Mulk Asof Jah Balladnr, Fatah Jung, commander in- chief, devoted servant of Muhammad Shah, the king, as high in diguity as Solomon, 1140 Ifijira, it) the tenth year of his rei,git.
Later on, it was The faithful friend, the bravest man of his time, as high in dignity as Solomou, the conqueror of countries,Nizarn-ul-Mulk, Nizatn ud-Dowla, Mir Nizam Ali Khan Bahadur, vic torious in battle, Asof Jah, eonunander-in-ehief, devoted servant of king Shah Alatn Bahadur, the victorious emperor 19 (year of his reign) ; and the reigning prince (1884) is 3Iir Malibub Ali, entitled Muzaffar-ul-Mumalik, Rustum-u-Dattran, Arastah-i- Zainan, Asaf Jah, Nizatn-ul-Mulk, Nizam-ud-Dowla, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Baha dur, Fatah Jun.'.
11.11. Nawal;' Sadik Muhammad, Khan, Balm dur, Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, it§ distinguinhed by thu epitheta Itukn-ud-Dowla, Nasrat Jung, Hafiz-ul Mukhlis-ild-Dowla, chief of Balutwulpur.
The ruling family here are 3fuhammadans of the Dawudputra race. 1n this territory since 18G6 great improvements have been made by irrigation. The treaty of 22d October 1838 is that which exists between the States.
Nawab .Mutntaz Ali Khan, Bahadur, is designated Jalal-ud-Dowla, Mustikil-i-Jang, chief of Dujana.
Kalab Ali Khan, the Multanintrulan ruler of Rampur, is styled His Highness Farzand-i-Dil Pazir-i-Dowlat-i-Inglishia, Kalab Ali Khan, Nawab of Rampur, K.G.C.S.I. and C.1.E., the Persian words meaning Heart-loved Son of the British Government.
The prince of Arcot, a relative of the former Walajahi dynasty of the Carnatic, was styled Aziin Jab, Urndat -ul- Umra, Amir-ul-Umra, Madar-ul-Mulk, Umdat-ul-Malk, Azim-ud-Dowla, Asad - ud- Dowla- al - Angrez, Zahir - ud - Dowla (name) Khan Bahadur, Zu-nl-Fiqar Jang, Fitrat Jung, Sipalt Salar, A mir-i-Arkatwa, I find, G.C.S.I.
Itajputs and Mahrattas have surnames like the races in Europe. Rajputs' are, however, too ex tended to be utilized, but those of the Mahmttas are in daily use. Also Hindu rulers and their dominions are somethnes distinguished by the family name of the sovereig,n, by the name of the capital, or by that of the territory—Sindia or Gwalior, Gaekwar or Baroda, Mewar or Udaipur, Holkar or Indore, and Marwar or Jodhpur.
Maharaja Jaya Ji Rao Sindia, the reigning sovereign of Gwalior, is of the Mahratta race, follows the Hindu faith. He is styled ukhtar ul-Mulk, Azim-ul-lqtadar, Rafi-us-Shan, Wala Shikoh, Muhtashim-i-Douran, Urndat-ul-Umra, Mallaraj Dhiraj, Ali Jah, Hisam-us-Saltanat, Maharaja Jyaji Rao Sindia Bahadur, Sri Nat'h, Mansur-i-Zarnan, Fa,dvi-llazmt 3Ialikah Muaz zatuah, Rafi-u-Darjah, Inglistan, G.C.S.I. This is The absolute executive authority of the country, the mighty in power, the high in pomp, the exalted in splendour, the magnificent one of the period, the elect of nobles, the g,reat chief, the chief pax excellence, the high in dignity, the great chief Jyaji Rao Sindia, the valiant, the lord, the conqueror of the age, vassal of Her Majesty, the Honoured and Exalted Queen of England, Grand Conunander of the .Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.