The Kiplings and India: A Collection of Writings from British India, 1870-1900Main MenuWorks by the KiplingsDigital Editions of Works by the KiplingsBy AuthorSocial Movements in British IndiaRepresenting FamineMaterials related to the Famines of the 1870s on this siteTimeline: The Kiplings and IndiaA visual guide to dates and events involving the Kiplings and Indian culture 1870-1900GlossaryA Path containing Glossary entriesMap: Place Names in 19th-Century British-IndiaGoogle Map, Dublin Core Term: SpatialWorks CitedGeneral BibliographyEditorial TeamBios of Individuals Involved in this ProjectAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
massalchi (mussaulchee)
12016-05-23T12:05:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1422Glossaryplain2016-05-31T14:19:58-04:00Sarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9(Hindustani) Hobson-Jobson defines a "mssaulchee" as technically a torch-bearer, but more commonly used in British India as a "humble domestic, whose duty was formerly of a like kind, as may be seen in the quotation from Ld. Valentia, but who now looks after lamps and washes dishes &c., in old English phrase a 'scullion'" (Hobson-Jobson 602)