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Sipaah-gari

सिपाहगरी
said si-paah-ga-ree
also written: Sipahgari
Meaning

The military art; the calling and craft of the soldier.

Literally: soldier-craft (sipah + gari)

How Iqbal uses it

The profession of arms and the discipline of soldiering, the vocation of the sipahi raised to an art.

See it in the verse

Sipaah-gari in Iqbal’s couplets

Na takht-o-taj mein ne lashkar-o-sipah mein hai
Jo baat mard-e-qalandar ki bargah mein hai
Not in throne and crown, nor in armies and soldiers, lies the power that belongs to the court of the free-spirited man.
Freedom · Selfhood · Leadership
Related words
PERSIAN

Sipaahi

A soldier, warrior, member of an army.

PERSIAN

Sipah-salar

Commander-in-chief; the general who leads an army.

PERSIAN

Faujdaar

A military commander or district officer responsible for law and order.

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