Definition of Jaghir. Meaning of Jaghir. Synonyms of Jaghir

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Definition of Jaghir

Jaghir
Jaghir Ja"ghir, n. [Per. j[=a]g[=i]r.] A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops. [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.] [India] --Whitworth.

Meaning of Jaghir from wikipedia

- A jagir (Persian: جاگیر, romanized: Jāgir), (Urdu: جاگیردار) also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the...
- a jaghir, a fief given for the lifetime of its holder, against a payment in return to the imperial treasury. At the death of its holder, the jaghir reverted...
- Land Revenue 1.a Tributary States 5,65,000 1.b Farms 1,79,85,000 1.c Eleemosynary 20,00,000 1.d Jaghirs 95,25,000 2 Customs 24,00,000 Total 3,24,75,000...
- immediately (Guntur, the fifth, having been granted to the Nizam's son as a jaghir, was to be delivered upon the son's death) in exchange for 7 lakh rupees...
- with forest. He obtained from the emperor, or from the king of Gaur, a jaghir [revenue ****ignment] of these lands, and in accordance with it established...
- Bengali War of 1756–1757, the Company ****igned it to Lord Clive as a personal Jaghir (zamindari) and after his death it again came under the direct authority...
- District's dehs, organised by taluka: Kotri Taluka (26 dehs) Andhi-Je-Kasi Bada Jaghir Bada Rayati Belo Gugh Chhib Dabhon Kandh Wingo Karo-Khoho Khanpur, Jamshoro...
- lowland Bengalis; and they had once respected Mughals and Nawabs, inside the jaghir of Omaid Reza, yet remained independent of Company Raj, as we will see."...
- partly as an incentive, Tipu Sultan settled upon Ravi Varma a pension and a jaghir in 1786. The peace was soon broken and Tipu sent 6,000 troops under Mon...
- his role in these activities Hyder Ali was rewarded by Devaraja with the jaghir (regional governorship) of Bangalore. In 1758 Hyder Ali successfully forced...