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...
- 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...
- migrated to the Vijayanagar empire as generals, administrators and earned the jaghir of Velugodu in kurnool district as a fiefdom for rendering military services...
- of Bundi captured Kota in 1264 AD and Kota became a part of Bundi as the Jaghir (land grant) of the eldest prince of Bundi. Kota became a separate state...
- Hyder Ali was rewarded by Devaraja, the Prime Minister of Mysore, with the jaghir (regional governorship) of Bangalore. The Zamorins of Calicut were one among...
- his role in these activities Hyder Ali was rewarded by Devaraja with the jaghir (regional governorship) of Bangalore. In 1758 Hyder Ali successfully forced...
- 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...
- 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...
- obtained by the British East India Company in the 1700s along with the jaghir of Chingleput. From 1859 to 1947, Saidapet served as the district headquarters...