the holder or possessor of a jaguer. It comes from three Persian words, Ja "a place;" garifstun "to take;" and daftun "to hold;" quasi "a place holder or pensioner." In the times of the Mogul empire, all the great officers of the court, called omraks, were allowed jaguers, either in lands of which they collected the revenues, or assignments upon the revenues for specified sums, payable by the lord lieutenant of a province; which sums were for their maintenance, and the support of such troops as they were necessitated to bring into the field when demanded by the emperor, as the condition of their jaguers, which were always revocable at pleasure.