LETTER CCLXX.
To the SIPAHDÂR, MAHOMMED ALI; same Date. (5th May.)

WHEN we ourself arrive in that quarter, the Risâla, wanting to com­plete your Kushoon, shall be given you.

OBSERVATIONS.

This short letter is given, merely for the purpose of showing, in some degree, the constitution of a Kushoon. It appears, by this document, that a Risâla was a component part of a Kushoon: but how many of the former were contained in a Kushoon, I do not clearly know. I am inclined to think, however, that a Kushoon was a regiment, consisting of two or more Risâlas, or battalions.*