单词 | jagir |
释义 | jagirn. East India. An assignment of the king's or government's share of the produce of a district to a person or body of persons, as an annuity, either for private use or for the maintenance of a public (esp. military) establishment; also, the district so assigned, or the income derived from it. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > assignment of state money supply1609 concordatum1625 jagir1676 vote on account1797 revote1807 pork barrel1873 token vote1923 additionality1959 1676 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Hist. Late Revolution Empire Great Mogol II. 166 The Lands of the Kingdom being the Kings propriety..are given..as Benefices, which they call Jah-ghirs..to men of the Militia for their Pay or Pension. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 120 Being in the Jaggea or Diocess of another. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 134 Were the ways free, it would enrich his Jageah beyond the Bunder at Surat. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. sig. Uuv/2 (Gloss.) Jaguirs,..lands assigned to governors. 1764 Newcastle Chron. No. i. 2/1 Lord Clive..is..to have the payment which have been stopped of his jaghire. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) i. 9 Should it be more agreeable to the parties, Sir Matthew will settle upon Sir John and his Lady, for their joint lives, ‘a jagghire.’ 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 291/2 This is the head town of a pergunnah of eight lacks of rupees, held in jaghire from the Peshwa. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 279 The revenue of the college [was] fixed at 30,000 rupees per annum, instead of the original jaghir. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India II. lxviii. 443 Jagirs were sanctioned annually for a limited number of specially distinguished Native officers. Derivatives jagirdar n. /dʒɑːˈɡɪədɑː(r)/ [ < Urdu jāgīrdār < jāgīr + Persian -dār possessor.] the holder of a jagir. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Indian jamadar1763 zilladar1763 collector1772 talukdār1793 jagirdar1794 tehsildar1799 Mull1816 mulligatawny1816 babu1823 multi-membered1923 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 385 The jaghirdars, the holders of jaghires, form the body of the principal Mahometan nobility. 1872 Colin Valentine in Mem. Mrs. Valentine (1882) vii. 114 It makes me one of the Jagirdars of the Rajah. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1676 |
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