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SIRKAR (Persian sarkar, meaning " head of affairs ")

SIRKAR (See also:
PERSIAN
PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH
Persian sarkar, meaning " See also:
HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART
head of affairs ") , a See also:

TERM

term used in See also:

India in three distinct senses; for the See also:

government or supreme authority, for a See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of territory under the Moguls, otherwise spelt See also:

CIRCAR

circar (q.v.), and for a See also:

head servant in See also:

Bengal .

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