Rassad, “Field Allowance” or extra rations given to coolies when doing any
  mountain work or away from supplies. 
Resai,
Roorkhee chair, An extremely comfortable and portable chair made by the
  R.E. at Roorkhee. 
Rope bridge,
Rupee=one fifteenth of a sovereign, or 1s. and 4d.
  12 pice (or pies)= 4 paisa = 1 anna = 1 penny
  16 annas = 1 rupee.

SAAF kuro, “Make clean.” 
Saktawats, A Rapjut clan. 
Sari, A woman’s garment, usually brilliant in colour, blood-red and dark
  blue being favoured. 
Sekwas,
Sellar,
Serow, Nemorhaidus bubalerius. 
Sesodia, The ruling family of Udaipur, formerly known as Gehlote. 
Shadipur, “The Place of Marriage”—­probably with reference to the junction
  of the Sind and Jhelum rivers. 
Shah Jehan, The greatest builder of the Mogul Emperors.  Ruled from 1627 to
  1658, when he was deposed and imprisoned by Aurungzeb. 
Shalimar,
Shalimar Bagh,
Shambrywa, One of the peaks of the Kaj-nag. 
Shiah, A Mohammedan sect, usually much at variance with those of Sunni
  persuasion. 
Shikara, A light sort of canoe. 
Shikari, A necessary joint in the “fighting tail” of the sportive visitor
  to Kashmir.  Usually a fraud, but, if not too proud, makes quite a good
  golf caddy. 
Shisha Nag, “The Glassy or Leaden Lake.” 
Silver fir, Abies Webbiana (Kashmiri, Sungal).  Grows to a great height,
  being known 110 feet high and 16 feet in girth. 
Sind Desert,
Sind Valley,
Singhara, Meaning “horned nut,” the water chestnut (Trapa bispinosa). 
  An article of diet much prized by the Kashmiri. 
Sogul,
Sonamarg, “The Golden Marg.”  A summer station high up the Sind Valley on
  the route to Leh and Ladak. 
Sopor, =Sonapur, or the Golden City.  A somewhat unclean little town of
  some 600 houses on the Jhelum, about eight miles by road and twelve by
  water above Baramula. 
Spill Canal, Cut in 1904, after the Great Flood of 1903, to carry some of
  the river clear of Srinagar and ease the pressure on the bund. 
Spruce, Picca, Morunda. (Kashmiri, Kachal.)
Srinagar, Surga Nagur, City of the Sun.  Has a population of 120,000. 
  Became capital in 960 A.D., when the ancient city of Pandrettan was burnt
  in the reign of Abimanyu.  The city was called Kashmir until recently,
  Martand being called Sringar by Jacquemont. 
Sultanpur,
Sumbal, Said to be the site of the ancient city Jayapura. 
Sunt-i-kul = “Apple-tree Canal.”

TAJ MAHAL, The magnificent tomb of Mumtez Mahal, favourite wife of Shah
  Jehan. 
Takht-i-Suleiman, A steep isolated hill rising nearly 1000 feet above
  Srinagar, crowned by a temple which is built on the ruins of a very
  ancient edifice.  The Takht or Throne of Solomon is, according to the
  legend, the place which Solomon occupied during his mythical visit to