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‖ circar India.|ˈsɜːkə(r)|
[Corruption of Pers. sarkār ‘head of work, administrator, government, province’.]
A province or division of Hindustan under the Moguls. Northern Circars: a large maritime province extending along the W. side of the Bay of Bengal, and comprising several districts; granted to the East India Company by the Great Mogul in 1765.
1782Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 41/2 The situation of the Guntoor circar rendered it of great importance to the company. 1793T. Maurice Indian Antiq. (1806) I. 157 Hajacan, now a circar or division of Sindy. 1886Sir W. Hunter Indian Empire xv. 387 Sha Alam..granted to the company the..jurisdiction of the Northern Circars.
See also sirkar a steward (in India). |