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‖ durbar East Ind.|ˈdɜːbɑː(r)|
Also darbār.
[Pers. and Urdū darbār court.]
1. The court kept by an Indian ruler; a public audience or levee held by a native prince, or by a British governor or viceroy in India.
1609Hawkins in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. iv. 432 (Y.) An inner court where the King keepes his Darbar. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 98 This Noble Prince shews himself in the Durbar and Jarneo to the people not so oft as was expected. 1804Wellington in Owen Wellesley's Desp. 298 To lay these communications before the Peishwa's Durbar. 1862Beveridge Hist. India III. viii. vi. 475 The Maharanee held durbars daily. 1881Sir W. Hunter in Encycl. Brit. XII. 811 On January 1, 1877, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India at a darbár of unequalled magnificence, held on the historic ‘ridge’ overlooking the Mughal capital of Delhi. 1887Times (weekly ed.) 12 Aug 1/2 A grand Durbar was held..by Mr. Crosthwaite the Commissioner at Mandalay.
attrib.1867Evening Star 7 Dec., The beautiful durbar-tent of red and yellow silk.
2. The hall or place of audience.
1793Hodges Trav. India 105 In the inner court are the remains of the durbar, or hall of public audience. 1888Quiver July 673/1 The Durbar, a large audience hall, which forms a part of every Eastern palace. |