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zemindary E. Ind.|zəˈmiːndərɪ|
Forms: 8 zemidary, 8–9 zemindarry, -aree, 9 zeme(e)ndary, zam-, zemindari, zam-, zumeen-, zemindary.
[Hind., a. Pers. zamīndārī, f. zamīndār: see prec.]
1. The system of holding lands and farming revenue by means of zemindars; the office or jurisdiction of a zemindar.
1757in Scrafton Indostan (1770) 81 All the land lying south of Calcutta, as far as Culpee, shall be under the Zemindary of the English Company. 1758in Jrnl. Ho. Comm. XXXIII. 850/1 Sunnud from the Dewan of the Subah of Bengal, for the Zemindarry of the Lands granted to the Company. 1783Ann. Reg., Hist. Eur. 5/2 The zemindary was secured to the family..of Bulwant Sing. 1890Times 8 Mar. 4/1 The appellant, who was the eldest son of the late zemindar..contended that the zemindary was impartible. 1917Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 781/1 There is no such man within my zamindary as can catch the living snake.
attrib.1790J. Grant (title) An Inquiry into the nature of Zemindary Tenures in the landed property of Bengal. 1885G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 171 They now..cultivate the lands of some eight or ten zemindari estates. 1914W. G. Lawrence Let. 30 July in Home Lett. T. E. Lawrence (1954) 563 We all ate together of food one could stick one's teeth in, thick Zamindari bread. 1932Ann. Reg. 1931 i. 155 Movements against the payment of rents and land revenue, particularly in the United Provinces, where the zamindari (landlord) system is prevalent. 1968Times 6 Apr. (Pakistan Suppl.) p. v/4 After independence, many Hindu zamindars fled, the zamindary system was abolished and the land divided into tiny portions and sold to the Muslims. 1976M. S. Hoque Hunger ii. vi. 41 Parents now think that their son is a Zamindari estate on auction sale.
2. The territory administered by a zemindar.
1764Ann. Reg., St. Papers 191/2 If the French come into the country, I will not allow them to..hold lands, zemindaries, &c. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 165 The ancient zemindarry of Golugondah, which yields about 10,000 rupees of clear surplus annually. 1878Macm. Mag. Jan. 250/2 The actual extent of land cultivated in the Madras Presidency (excluding Zemindary), amounted to 14,236,072 acres of dry and 3,510,615 acres of wet. |