Note 516 — KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295] (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Nuwab,” broken plur. (that is, noun of multitude) of Naubah, the Anglo-Indian Nowbut. This is applied to the band playing at certain intervals before the gate of a Rajah or high official.