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‖ foujdar|ˈfaʊdʒdar|
Also 7 fous-, 8 phous-, 9 fouge-, faoja-.
[Pers. faujdār f. Arab. fauj troop.]
‘In India, an officer of the Moghul Government, who was invested with the charge of the police, and jurisdiction in criminal matters. Also, used in Bengal last century for a criminal judge’ (Yule).
1683W. Hedges Diary 8 Nov. (Hakluyt Soc.) I. 136 The Fousdar received another Perwanna. 1702in Wheeler Madras (1861) I. 405 Perwannas directed to all Foujdars. 1763Orme Hist. Milit. Trans. Indostan I. v. 374 The Phousdar of Velore..made overtures, offering to acknowledge Mahomed ally. 1809Visct. Valentia Voy. & Trav. India I. viii. 409 The Faojadar, being now in his capital, sent me an excellent dinner of fowls. 1828Heber Journ. India I. xvi. 419 The ‘Foujdar’ (Chatellain) of Suromunuggur. 1862Beveridge Hist. India II. v. v. 369 The majority..dismissed the fougedar.
Hence ‖ ˈfoujdary a. [Pers.], pertaining to a foujdar.
1862Beveridge Hist. India II. v. vi. 413 Each zemindar..was ‘to exercise a fougedary jurisdiction’. 1892Wharton's Law Lex., Foujdarry-court, a tribunal for administering criminal law. Indian. |