subah

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Definition of subah

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (India, historical)A province of the Mughal Empire.
    “Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.”
    “Upon this, Mirzapha Jung immediately assumed the subah, and nominated Chunda Saheb governor of the Carnatic.”
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noun

  1. (India, historical)A province of the Mughal Empire.
    “Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.”
    “Upon this, Mirzapha Jung immediately assumed the subah, and nominated Chunda Saheb governor of the Carnatic.”
  2. (India, historical)Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”).

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Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ (sūbā, “province”).

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