Sarkar (, , , also spelt Circar) was a historical
administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
,
used mostly in the
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...
. It was a division of a
Subah[ or province. A sarkar was further divided into ]Mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, Quarter (country subdivision), quarter, Ward (country subdivision), ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
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s or Parganas.[
The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system.]
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
See also
* Administrative divisions of India
* Subah or Taraf, Pargana or Mahal, Mauza or Pir
References
Subdivisions of the Mughal Empire
Former subdivisions of Bangladesh
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