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n. - A kind of sedan chair used in India.

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  • I saw another side to the Khalsa when we set out for Lahore after noon, Flashy now riding in state in his jampan, white topper and fly-whisk at the high port, with Jassa...
  • Now there were no friends before me, and no one to turn to except the Khyberie thug Jassa and our gaggle of bearers - they were there chiefly because Broadfoot had said I...
  • Now there were no friends before me, and no one to turn to except the Khyberie thug Jassa and our gaggle of bearers — they were there chiefly because Broadfoot had said I...
  • But there was something stranger still: I'd just bidden farewell to Sardul's escort and my jampan, and was being conducted on foot by a yellow-clad officer of the Palace...
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