[15] Suar.
[16] Nim (Melia Azidirachta).
[17] Babul (Acacia arabica).
[18] Gulbadan, 'with body like a rose', a fine silk fabric.
[19] Mashru 'conformable to law', a silk-cotton cloth, which—but not pure silk—a Musulman can wear during prayer.
[20] Zerband, 'fastening below', 'a girth'.
[21] Angiya.
[22] Shabnam. The finest varieties of these cloths were made at Dacca.
Aurungzeb is said to have remonstrated with his daughter for wearing
what he thought to be a Coa vestis. She answered that she wore seven
folds of this cloth.
[23] Har, a necklace, an embroidered garland thrown round the neck of
a visitor on his departure, as a mark of respect. These garlands were
substituted for the pearl necklaces which, in former days, were
presented to guests.
[24] 'Stockings are never worn [in the Zenana]: but I have seen little
coloured stockings, made of the wool from Cashmir, worn at times
during the cold season.'—Mrs. Parks, Wanderings of a Pilgrim,
i. 456.