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jirga|ˈdʒɪəgə|
Also jeerga, jirgah.
[Pushtu.]
An assembly or council of the headmen of Pathan or Baluchi tribes.
1843F. Sale Jrnl. Disasters Afghanistan p. xii, Jeerga. An assembly or council—a diet. 1894M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping I. iv. 75 All large issues had to be referred to his Jeerga. 1906Westm. Gaz. 14 May 3/2 They can..mobilise as easily as a Pathan jirga. 1908Ibid. 24 Feb. 7/1 Afridis other than Zakka Khels are collecting at Chora for a jirgah. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 293/2 He eyed the elders of Pir Mahommed, assembled in jirga. 1935Pathfinder July 125/1 The ‘jirga’, that is the council of the headmen of each tribe, would meet us at each new boundary..to..see if they would let us pass or not. 1967A. Swinson N.-W. Frontier xv. 326 This triumph seemed to expend the tribesmen's energy and soon the jirgas came in to sue for peace. 1972Times of India 28 Nov. 11/5 The paper quoted Mr. Bhutto as telling a tribal jirga at Landikotal..that unfortunately Pakistan did not accept this offer. |