Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Taluqa
तालुक़ा
said taa-LU-qa
also written: taluka, taluq, taalluqa
Meaning
An estate or revenue sub-division comprising a group of villages, held by a taluqdar; a dependency in the revenue order.
Literally: connection, dependency
Related words
PERSIAN
Taluqdar
The holder of a taluqa, a great landholder who paid revenue on a cluster of villages and stood between the state and the cultivators.
PERSIAN
Parganah
A revenue and administrative subdivision grouping a number of villages, the basic fiscal unit under the sarkar.
PERSIAN
Zamindari
The estate, rights and revenue domain of a zamindar; the system of landholding based on such intermediaries.