jalor

jalor
/jah"leuhr/, n.
any of a wide variety of East Indian rowing and sailing ships.
Also, jalur.
[orig. uncert.]

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also spelled  Jalore  or  Jhalore 

      town, southwestern Rajasthan (Rājasthān) state, northwestern India. It lies just south of the Sukri River, which is a tributary of the Luni River. Jalor is connected by road with Jodhpur and is the agricultural market for the surrounding area. A medieval stronghold, Jalor was the 12th-century capital of the Cauhan Rajputs (the warrior rulers of the historic region of Rajputana) and was captured about 1310 by the Delhi sultan ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khaljī. An 11th-century hill fort overlooks the town. Jalor has a government college affiliated with the University of Rajasthan.

      The surrounding area comprises a semifertile region drained by the Luni River and its tributaries. In the eastern portion are scattered outliers of the Aravalli Range. Tube wells irrigate the region's bajra (pearl millet), oilseed, and sesame crops. Pop. (2001) town, 44,830.

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