Deccan

English Alternative forms en Decan Dekkan Dekhan Etymology en ine-pro *deḱs- en inc-hnd hi दक्खिन - / ur دکھن dakkhin and its variants, from en pra 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡, from en sa दक्षिण south. Pronunciation en /ˈdɛk.ən/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Deccan.wav US Proper noun ~ en geographic region/large plateau/and/peninsula in southern c/India ; southern or peninsular India. XIII Ii2 1 [Ii3] 254 1099–1106 So counſel'd hee, and both together went / Into the thickeſt Wood, there ſoon they choſe / The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown'd, / But ſuch as at this day to Indians known / In Malabar or Decan ſpreds her Armes / Braunching ſo broad and long, that in the ground / The bended Twigs take root, and Daughters grow / About the Mother Tree, 1873 en 1794 Jonathan Scott Ferishta's History of Dekkan, from the First Mahummedan Conquests I https://archive.org/details/ferishtashistory01firi Introduction ix Dekkan, or the ſouthern diviſion of “Hindooſtan, called by European geographers, The Peninſula, has varied in boundary, at different periods, with the poſſeſſions of its rulers in adjacent provinces. en 1822 Heera. The Maid of the Dekhan. A poem. In Five Cantos. Canto V 109–10 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YZpeAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The spies affirmed, that busy fame, / Declared aloud the gallant name, / Of Hussein Khan, the Sooltan’s son, / Whose brand in battle oft had shone, / And spread his youthful glory wide, / Till stood he forth the Dekhan's pride,— / Now called the Moslem force to lead, / And fire their souls to vengeance dread. en 1996 Shanti Sadiq Ali The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times 27–28 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Deccan&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjal8n8peLmAhW1yDgGHdf9CZwQ6AEIaTAJ In India, it is generally considered that the earliest Muslims to settle in the Deccan were the Arabs of the Nawayath Navayat clan, who had made the Konkan their permanent home about the year a.d. 701 when they fled from the Kufa Kufah (in the Euphrates valley) to escape the cruelties of the governor, Hajjaj bin Yusuf. Even prior to the Muslim conquest of the Deccan, the Rashtrakutas had Arabs and Abyssinians in their armies. Related terms en Deccani Descendants la-new deccanensis 1 1 Translations the Deccan Catalan: ca Dècan m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 德干 dégān German: de Dekkan m Hindi: hi दक्खिन m, hi दक्षिण m Kannada: kn ದಖ್ಖನ್ Malayalam: ml ഡെക്കാൺ Marathi: mr दक्खिन Odia: or ଦକ୍ଷିଣ Punjabi: pa ਦੱਖਣ Sanskrit: sa दक्षिणापथ m Tamil: ta தெக்காணம் Telugu: te దక్కన్ Urdu: ur دکھن dakkhin m Further reading 301 Anagrams en accden accend