Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Fauj-dari

फ़ौजदारी
Meaning

The office of a faujdar; also criminal jurisdiction as opposed to civil.

See it in the verse

Fauj-dari in Iqbal’s couplets

Banaya ishq ne dariya-e-na-paida-karan mujh ko
Ye meri khud-nigah-dari mera sahil na ban jae
Love has made me a river with no visible shore; I fear my own self-guarding may become the bank that hems me in.
Love · Restlessness · Freedom
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