kotwali

Under native rule the kotwal was the chief of police in important towns, and the central police office in some towns is still called the kotwali after him.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

46 – 51: In the Bazaar-i Shahi stands the 'kotwali' and mint.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

He then started dealing in mattresses and opened a shop on Ramte Ram Road here, said kotwali in-charge Yogesh Pathak.

The Times of India 2010

He then started dealing in mattresses and opened a shop on Ramte Ram Road here, said kotwali in-charge Yogesh Pathak.

The Times of India 2010

Officers tomtommed this as a major achievement and said the arrested Maoists 'would be produced in court (kotwali case number 17, dated Jan 20, 2010).

The Times of India 2010

According to Kakar 1979, p. 199-200, major construction projects completed during Abd al-Rahman's reign include: the Arg or new palace-fort complex which enclosed the kotwali offices and was modeled on a church Abd al-Rahman had seen in Tashkent; the Gulistan and Boston serais near the Arg, and other caravanserais on the principal roads throughout the county; the Bagh-i Bala palace, the Chilisutun (Hindki) palace (for a distant picture of which see McChesney, 1999, p. 12), and the Qala-i Hashmat Khan palace in Kabul; the Paghman summer palace (the "Simla" of Afghanistan); the new Jalalabad Palace; and the Pul-i Chishti mosque, Eid Gah mosque, royal mosque and Shahrara tower in Kabul.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008