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	\| country = [[Delhi Sultanate]] <br> [[Deccan Sultanates]] <br> [[Mughal Empire]] <br> India <br> [[Pakistan]]		\| country = [[Delhi Sultanate]] <br> [[Deccan Sultanates]] <br> [[Mughal Empire]] <br/>[[Maratha Empire]]<br/> [[British Raj]] <br> [[India]] <br> [[Pakistan]]
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	[[File:Madras cavalry.jpg\|thumb\|A sowar of the [[6th Madras Light Cavalry]], serving the [[British East India Company]], c. 1845.]]		[[File:Madras cavalry.jpg\|thumb\|A sowar of the [[6th Madras Light Cavalry]], serving the [[British East India Company]], c. 1845.]]
	'''Sowar''' (~~{{lang-bn\|সওয়ার}}, {{lang-hi\|सवार}}, {{lang-pnb\|ਸਵਾਰ}},~~ {{lang-ur\|سوار}}, also ''siwar'' meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from [[Persian language\|Persian]] {{lang\|fa-Latn\|sawār}})<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Ostler\|first1=Nicholas\|title=The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel\|date=2010\|publisher=Penguin UK\|pages=1–352\|isbn=978-0141922218}}</ref> was originally a rank during the [[Mughal Empire]] and [[Maratha Empire]]. Later during the [[British Raj]] it was the name in [[Anglo-Indian]] usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the [[cavalry]] troops of the native armies of [[British India]] and the feudal states. It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard. It was also the rank held by ordinary cavalry troopers, equivalent to [[sepoy]] in the [[infantry]] — this rank has been inherited by the modern armies of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].		'''Sowar''' ({{lang-ur\|سوار}}, also ''siwar'' meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from [[Persian language\|Persian]] {{lang\|fa-Latn\|sawār}})<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Ostler\|first1=Nicholas\|title=The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel\|date=2010\|publisher=Penguin UK\|pages=1–352\|isbn=978-0141922218}}</ref> was originally a rank during the [[Mughal Empire]] and [[Maratha Empire]]. Later during the [[British Raj]] it was the name in [[Anglo-Indian]] usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the [[cavalry]] troops of the native armies of [[British India]] and the feudal states. It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard. It was also the rank held by ordinary cavalry troopers, equivalent to [[sepoy]] in the [[infantry]] — this rank has been inherited by the modern armies of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

	==History==		==History==
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	* {{EB1911\|wstitle=Sowar}}		* {{EB1911\|wstitle=Sowar}}

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			[[Category:Military of the Mughal Empire]]
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	[[Category:Military ranks of Pakistan]]		[[Category:Military ranks of Pakistan]]
	~~[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]~~
	~~[[Category:Urdu-language words and phrases]]~~
	~~[[Category:Bengali words and phrases]]~~
	[[Category:Military ranks of the Indian Army]]		[[Category:Military ranks of the Indian Army]]

	[[fr:Sepoy]]		[[fr:Sepoy]]

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	[[File:Madras cavalry.jpg\|thumb\|A sowar of the [[6th Madras Light Cavalry]], serving the [[British East India Company]], c. 1845.]]		[[File:Madras cavalry.jpg\|thumb\|A sowar of the [[6th Madras Light Cavalry]], serving the [[British East India Company]], c. 1845.]]
	'''Sowar''' ({{lang-hi\|सवार}}, {{lang-pnb\|ਸਵਾਰ}}, {{lang-ur\|سوار}}, also ''siwar'' meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from [[Persian language\|Persian]] {{lang\|fa-Latn\|sawār}})<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Ostler\|first1=Nicholas\|title=The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel\|date=2010\|publisher=Penguin UK\|pages=1–352\|isbn=978-0141922218}}</ref> was originally a rank during the [[Mughal Empire]] and [[Maratha Empire]]. Later during the [[British Raj]] it was the name in [[Anglo-Indian]] usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the [[cavalry]] troops of the native armies of [[British India]] and the feudal states. It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard. It was also the rank held by ordinary cavalry troopers, equivalent to [[sepoy]] in the [[infantry]] — this rank has been inherited by the modern armies of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].		'''Sowar''' ({{lang-bn\|সওয়ার}}, {{lang-hi\|सवार}}, {{lang-pnb\|ਸਵਾਰ}}, {{lang-ur\|سوار}}, also ''siwar'' meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from [[Persian language\|Persian]] {{lang\|fa-Latn\|sawār}})<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Ostler\|first1=Nicholas\|title=The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel\|date=2010\|publisher=Penguin UK\|pages=1–352\|isbn=978-0141922218}}</ref> was originally a rank during the [[Mughal Empire]] and [[Maratha Empire]]. Later during the [[British Raj]] it was the name in [[Anglo-Indian]] usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the [[cavalry]] troops of the native armies of [[British India]] and the feudal states. It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard. It was also the rank held by ordinary cavalry troopers, equivalent to [[sepoy]] in the [[infantry]] — this rank has been inherited by the modern armies of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

	==History==		==History==

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{{About|the Indian military title|the magazine|Sowar (magazine)}}

{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Sowar
| native_name = ''Sowar''
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| date =
| country = [[Delhi Sultanate]] <br> [[Deccan Sultanates]] <br> [[Mughal Empire]] <br> India <br> [[Pakistan]]
| branch = [[Cavalry]]
| size =
| garrison =
| colors =
| equipment = [[Composite bow]],
[[Scimitar]], [[Spear]], and [[Musket]]
| battles =
}}

[[File:A Deccani courtier who may or may not be the king himself, c.1600.jpg|thumb|A Deccani courtier, c.1600.]]
[[File:Madras cavalry.jpg|thumb|A sowar of the [[6th Madras Light Cavalry]], serving the [[British East India Company]], c. 1845.]]
'''Sowar''' ({{lang-hi|सवार}}, {{lang-pnb|ਸਵਾਰ}}, {{lang-ur|سوار}}, also ''siwar'' meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from [[Persian language|Persian]] {{lang|fa-Latn|sawār}})<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ostler|first1=Nicholas|title=The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel|date=2010|publisher=Penguin UK|pages=1–352|isbn=978-0141922218}}</ref> was originally a rank during the [[Mughal Empire]] and [[Maratha Empire]]. Later during the [[British Raj]] it was the name in [[Anglo-Indian]] usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the [[cavalry]] troops of the native armies of [[British India]] and the feudal states. It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard. It was also the rank held by ordinary cavalry troopers, equivalent to [[sepoy]] in the [[infantry]] — this rank has been inherited by the modern armies of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

==History==
An image from the [[Carnatic Wars]] features a Sowar armed with a Musket.

''Sowar'' has been used as the name of a line of wrist-watches by the Swiss [[West End Watch Co]].

==See also==
* [[Shah Mustafa]], nicknamed Sher-e-Sowar
* [[Suvari]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Sowar}}

[[Category:Military ranks of British India]]
[[Category:Military ranks of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]
[[Category:Urdu-language words and phrases]]
[[Category:Bengali words and phrases]]
[[Category:Military ranks of the Indian Army]]

[[fr:Sepoy]]