subahshipn.
/ˈsuːbɑːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈsubɑˌʃɪp/ Now historical and rare.
The position or office of the governor of a subah (subah n. 1); the subah itself.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under specific governors in India
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in India > position of
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1753 R. Orme Gen. Idea Govt. & People Indostan i. i, in Hist. Fragm. Mogul Empire (1805) 399 The Nabobs of Condanore, Cudapah,..the Kings of Tritchinopoly, Mysore, Tanjore, are subject to this Subahship.
1757 in J. Campbell Mem. Revol. Bengal (1760) 88 The French never to be permitted to re-settle in this Subaship.
1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 251 About Rhotas, and in the soubahships of Bengal and Orixa.
1880 H. A. Oldfield Sketches from Nipal I. iii. 53 The country of the Kirantis and Limbus at the present time is divided into fifty-two small subahships.
1897 G. Smith Twelve Indian Statesm. 296 Clive thought it necessary to obtain from Shah Aalum a blank firman for the Soobahship of the Deccan.
1920 N. L. Hallward William Bolts v. 28 A raja who held part of the province and subahship of Oudh.
1961 Jrnl. Econ. & Social Hist. Orient 4 279 The Duan again replied that the Subahship of Bahar was not under the Prince's government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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