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Definition of Jaghire
1. jaghir [n -S] - See also: jaghir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaghire
Literary usage of Jaghire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1864)
"The Maharajah Dowlut Rao Sindia having granted to Madho Sing under the guarantee
of the British Government in jaghire to him and his heirs for ever the ..."
2. Collectanea Juridica by Francis Hargrave (1840)
"OPINIONS ON LORD CLIVE*S jaghire. rity for fuch. rents as have been paid by the
Company td his ufe, or as (hall be paid for the future under fuch decree, ..."
3. The Land Tax of India: According to the Moohummudan Law by Neil Benjamin Edmonstone Baillie, Fatāwi 'Ālamgīrīyat (1873)
"Meaning 'The word jaghire, or more correctly ... is a com- of jaghire. poun(j Of
two Persian words, ja (place) and geer (contraction of ..."
4. The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing by William Godolphin Osborne (1840)
"But he had no sooner arrived, than a demand was made upon him to surrender
the "Koh-i-noor," or mountain of light, a jaghire being promised as the price of ..."
5. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"jaghire or Chingleput, now forming a collectorship. This territory was dreadfully
ravaged with fire and sword by Hyder AH, in 1780, and at the conclusion of ..."
6. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social: From the First by Henry Beveridge (1862)
"CHAPTER I. Affaire of the Carnatic—The Manilla expedition — Relations with Mahomed
Ali —The treaty of Paris—The Company's jaghire—Reduction of refractory ..."
7. The life of Robert, lord Clive: collected from the family papers by John Malcolm (1836)
"... a jaghire (or estate) of the reputed value of thirty lacs of rupees. The first
mention of his intention to bestow this gift on Clive is in a letter ..."
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