Definition of "jagir" []

• Alternative spelling of jaghir. (noun)

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• "Conventional characterisations of the F.A.T.A. as ‘lawless areas’ misses the point that the Pakistani constitution quarantees their autonomy and self-rule under the tribal jagir system."
• "Will it, like so many other cultural institutions, continue to be a Nehru-Gandhi jagir, asks Rukun Advani, handed out to the loyal?"
• "In 1758, Nanjiraj, the powerful minister of the raja, caused Bangalore to be granted, as a _jagir_ or fief, to Hyder"