subahdar
noun
su·bah·dar ˌsü-bə-ˈdär 
variants or subadar
1
: a governor of a province
2
: the chief Indian officer of a company of Indian troops in the British army of India
Word History
Etymology
Hindi & Urdu sūbadār, sūbedār, from Persian ṣūbadār, from ṣūba province (from Arabic) + -dār one holding
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1