Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Subahdar

सूबेदार

said soo-be-DAAR

also written: subedar, subahdar

Meaning

The governor of a Mughal subah, the emperor's chief executive and military authority in the province.

Literally: holder of a province

Related words

A province or large administrative division of an empire.

An administrator or organiser; a chief of an administrative area.

A collected volume of one poet's verse, classically arranged with the ghazals ordered by the last letter of their rhyme.