Sarkar (Hindi: सरकार, Urdu: سركار, Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ, Bengali: সরকার also spelt Circar)[1] is a historical administrative division,[2] used mostly in the Mughal Empire. It was a division of a Subah[2] or province. A sarkar was further divided into Mahallas or Parganas.[2]
The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system.[3]
Examples
edit- Northern Circars, the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency
- Rajamundry Sarkar, one among the Northern Circars
- Pakhli, an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan
- Pakhal Sarkar, an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 380.
- ^ a b c Akhter, Nasrin (2012). "Sarkar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Akhtar, Shirin (2012). "Chakla System". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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