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Use "jagirs" in a sentence
"Bapa had given his nobles grants of land, jagirs and estates, higher ranks, more money, jewels from the treasury, positions of repute."
"During the Mutiny the district was the scene of considerable fighting, and after its close a large portion was distributed in _jagirs_ to loyal chiefs, thus originating the _taluqdari_ estates of the present day."
"Somewhat later we find it enumerated among the _jagirs_ of Shahji, father of Sivaji, the founder of the Mahratta sway; and at an early period of his career in the service of the Bijapur state, that adventurer seemed to have fixed his residence there."