subahdar

E874844

A subahdar was a provincial governor in the Mughal Empire, responsible for administering a subah (province) on behalf of the emperor.

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Label Occurrences
subahdar canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal administrative title ⓘ
government office ⓘ
provincial governor ⓘ
administrativeLevel provincial ⓘ
appointedBy Mughal emperor ⓘ
linked to: Mughal Emperor
associatedWith Mughal military administration ⓘ
Mughal provincial revenue system ⓘ
mansabdari system ⓘ
equivalentTo provincial governor in Mughal context ⓘ
etymology derived from Persian words "subah" (province) and "dar" (holder) ⓘ
governed subah ⓘ
governedTerritories Awadh Subah ⓘ
Bengal Subah ⓘ
Deccan Subah ⓘ
Gujarat Subah ⓘ
linked to: Gujarat

Punjab Subah ⓘ
linked to: Punjab
hadAuthorityOver local officials in the subah ⓘ
hadPowerTo appoint lower officials ⓘ
collect land revenue ⓘ
command provincial troops ⓘ
hadResponsibility defense of the province ⓘ
implementing imperial policies in the province ⓘ
judicial oversight in the province ⓘ
maintaining imperial authority in the province ⓘ
higherRankThan amalguzar ⓘ
faujdar ⓘ
languageOfTerm Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
memberOf Mughal nobility ⓘ
oversaw law and order in the province ⓘ
military forces in the province ⓘ
revenue collection in the province ⓘ
partOf Mughal provincial administration ⓘ
rankWithinEmpire high-ranking noble ⓘ
regionOfUse Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

South Asia ⓘ
relatedPosition nazim ⓘ
reportedTo central Mughal administration ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of a subah ⓘ
servedOnBehalfOf Mughal emperor ⓘ
successorConcept British colonial provincial governor (functional analogy) ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
usedDuringReignOf Akbar ⓘ
Aurangzeb ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
usedIn Mughal Empire ⓘ

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