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Jagirdari

जागीरदारी

said jaa-geer-DAA-ree

also written: jagirdari

Meaning

The system of paying officers through assignments of land revenue (jagirs) in lieu of cash salary.

Literally: the system of jagirs

Related words

A grant of land and its revenue bestowed by a ruler.

The Mughal system of ranked office and graded military obligation that organised the nobility and the army.