Sarkar (administrative division)

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

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

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Circar" . 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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