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Definition of Jirgas
1. jirga [n] - See also: jirga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jirgas
Literary usage of Jirgas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forward Policy and Its Results by Richard Isaac Bruce (1900)
"We can no more afford to overlook the Beluch jirgas than we can the Pathan jirgas.
They are each and all essential parts in the tribal machine, ..."
2. The Volume of the World: Embracing the Geography, History, and Statistics by William O. Blake (1855)
"The internal government is conducted by these khans, and assemblages of the heads
of division called " jirgas." The khan presides in the principal jirga, ..."
3. The Book of the World: Being an Account of All Republics, Empires, Kingdoms by Richard Swainson Fisher (1852)
"The internal government is conducted by these khans, and assemblies of the heads
of divisions called " jirgas." The khan presides in the principal jirga, ..."
4. Recollections by John Morley (1917)
"... there were a trifle more of the spirit of conciliatory management of the jirgas
of these wild gentry, we should make a far better job of it. January 31. ..."
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