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Mir-bakhshi

मीर-बख़्शी
Meaning

The paymaster-general of the Mughal army who mustered and paid the troops.

See it in the verse

Mir-bakhshi in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye
A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.
Leadership · Aspiration
Related words
PERSIAN

Bakhshi

A military paymaster and muster-master who kept the army's rolls.

ARABIC

Fauj

An army or a body of troops.

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