Citations:chiaush

English citations of chiaush

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• 1797, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period, volume 11, London: E. Newberry, →OCLC, page 76:

  The petitioners ſpeak for themſelves or request the aſſiſtance of a chiauſh; for neither pleaders nor attornies are admitted.

• 1806, “چاوش chāwush”, in John Richardson, Charles Wilkins, editors, A dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English, new, with numerous additions edition, volume 1, London: W. H. Allen, →OCLC, page 355:

  A chiaush basha, chief of the royal messengers.