subah
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Definition of subah
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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.”
- (India, historical)Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ (sūbā, “province”).
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