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Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Bengali: তালুকদার, Hindustani: तालुक़दार / تعلقدارtāluqdār; taluq Arabic: تعلق "estate" + dar Persian: دار "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the ...
2 meanings: 1. a person in charge of a taluk 2. the office of a talukdar.... Click for more definitions.
A tax collector with administrative authority over a district consisting of several villages in Punjab, Rajasthan, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), and the rest of North India/United Provinces. During the British colonial era, an official and civil servant in Hyderabad State, equivalent to a magistrate and tax collector.
Oude is the anglicisation of Awadh—itself a derivation of Ayodhya, capital of the ancient kingdom of Kosala. Awadh was one of the 12 original provinces or subahs defined by Mughal emperor Akbar.
Sep 5, 2021 · The Talukdars or Talukders ( Bangla : তালুকদার, Urdu: تعلقدار) (from Arabic ta'alluq, "attachment " + dar "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate...
The Mazumdars, Talukdars, Laskars and Bhuiyas also share the second position in the hierarchy along with the Choudhuries. There is no bar in inter-marriages among these groups. They resemble to the „dwiza’ or twice-born group of the Hindus and known as ashrafs.
The late Mughal era saw the rise of powerful talukdars in Oudh, northern India, such as Balrampur, [2] Bhadri, [3] Arkha, Nanpara and Itaunja who seldom paid any collected revenue to the central government and became virtual rulers of their districts.
