Meaning of subah | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

“Upon this, Mirzapha Jung immediately assumed the subah, and nominated Chunda Saheb governor of the Carnatic.”

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