BHATTIANA  , a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, covering the Ghaggar valley from Fatehabad in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• HISSAR

Hissar to Bhatnair in See also:

• BIKANIR

Bikanir . It derives its name from the Bhattis, a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, who held the country lying between See also:

• HARIANA

Hariana, Bikanir and See also:

• BAHAWALPUR, or BHAWALPUR

Bahawalpur . It skirts the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of the See also:

• GREAT

great sandy See also:

• DESERT

desert, and only contains a small and scattered See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . This tract was ravaged by Timur in his invasion of India; and in 1795 paid a nominal See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, the adventurer of Hariana . After the victories of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake in 1803 it passed with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi territory under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• RULE

rule, but was not settled until 181o . A district of Bhattiana was formed in 1837, but in 1858 it was merged in the See also:

• SIRSA

Sirsa district, which was divided up in 1884 . The Bhattis number some 350,000, and are a See also:

• FINE

fine tall See also:

• RACE

race, making See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital soldiers .