(India) An officer tasked with the administration of a sarkar.
(India) An officer tasked with the administration of a sarkar.
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(India) The district administered by a faujdar.
A historical Indian administrative term referring to the district or jurisdiction governed by a faujdar — a military or police officer appointed during the Mughal era and later under some colonial administrations. Faujdari also came to describe criminal court proceedings in the British Indian legal system. The word is primarily of historical interest today but appears in colonial-era records and historical texts about Indian governance.
(historical) An administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
(Pakistan, India, colloquial) Army.
(India, historical) A sergeant in the Indian infantry during the British Raj.