Subah

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A province of the Mughal Empire. India, historical

    "Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms."

  2. 2
    Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”). India, historical

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"Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms."

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ (sūbā, “province”).

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