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Ressaidar

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Ressaidarwas aViceroy's commissioned officer's (VCO) rank in theBritish Indian Army.Ressaidar denoted a junior commander of arisalaorrisalah(a body of horse,[1]regardless if troop or regiment[2]) inPersian.

This native Officer's rank existed in Cavalry only, there was never a corresponding position in the other arms. A Ressaidar was a juniortroopcommander, so he could be regarded as native junior 'Captain'.[3]He was usually the head of the second troop of asquadron,while the first troop was led by aRisaldar,who was a native senior 'Captain'.[4]

During theBritish Raj,a Ressaidar ranked aboveJemadaror Naib-Risaldar (rank abolished in 1865[5]) and below Risaldar (with the latter he was sometimes confused with, even by authors of military literature). A Ressaidar was roughly equivalent to a 'Captain, 2nd Class' or 'Captain lieutenant', but inWorld War I,he was classified as native 'Lieutenant'.[6]Nevertheless, all VCO's were always outranked by the lowest british Officer with afull commission.

The rank of Ressaidar was abolished with effect from 1st April 1921. Indian Officers then holding that rank were to be promoted to Risaldar.[7][8]

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  1. ^Francis Joseph Steingass (1892).A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, Including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in literature(5th [1963] ed.). London:Routledge & Kegan Paul.p. 575.Retrieved2022-07-06.Apparently there is a 2015 edition fromMunshiram ManoharlalPublishers, New Delhi,ISBN81-7304-669-7
  2. ^Carman, W.(William) Y. (1961).Indian Army Uniforms Under the British from the 18th Century to 1947: cavalry.London: Leonard Hill. p. 226.
  3. ^Carman, W.(William) Y. (1961).Indian Army Uniforms Under the British from the 18th Century to 1947: cavalry.London: Leonard Hill. p. 225.
  4. ^Cardew, Lt. Francis Gordon (1903).A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895.Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government, India. p. 161.
  5. ^Cardew, Lt. Francis Gordon (1903).A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895.Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government, India. pp. 165, 333.
  6. ^Plumon, Eugène (1914).Vade-mecum for the Use of Officers and Interpreters in the Present Campaign: French and English Technical and Military Terms.London: Librairie Hachette & Cie. p. 10.
  7. ^Kate Morris (2006), Illustrated Dictionary of History, New Delhi: Lotus press, p.173, ISBN 81-89093-37-1
  8. ^Journal of the United Service Institution of India, by theUnited Service Institution,Volume 50-51, New Delhi 1921, p. 365