"Elite units of the east" indian units

**D.Sebastian** · February 14, 2010, 03:54 PM

I was just recently reading about the new DLC update,"elite units of the east",and while the ottoman units seem to be historicaly accurate (at least according to the osprey books),but I had never heard of "barawardis" or "poligars".Did those units really existed?

**D.Sebastian** · February 18, 2010, 07:40 PM

I'm sorry for bumping here,but I would really like to know.Does anyone have any clue?

**Tim1988** · February 19, 2010, 09:03 AM

Here's a wikipedia article about polygars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poligars
It seems to me that they were more like a local ruler than a military unit, so possibly their depiction in the game isn't completely accurate, unless perhaps the unit is meant to represent a polygar and his bodyguard? I haven't got the DLC so don't know what the unit description says.

No idea about the Barawardis though.

**IAB1789** · February 19, 2010, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by D.Sebastian

I was just recently reading about the new DLC update,"elite units of the east",and while the ottoman units seem to be historicaly accurate (at least according to the osprey books),but I had never heard of "barawardis" or "poligars".Did those units really existed?

So far as I can tell, it was a pay classification for a cavalry trooper, not a unit designation. Look under the paragraph heading "Do Aspa Sih Aspa" in this article: http://www.articlesbase.com/educatio...m-1487237.html Also look for books on military recruitment in the Moghul empire (sorry I can't recommend any myself: Indian military history isn't my field).