Subah
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subah is a noun meaning (India, historical) A province of the Mughal Empire.
Meaning
(India, historical) A province of the Mughal Empire.
More Meanings
- (India, historical) Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”).
Example Sentences
Upon this, Mirzapha Jung immediately assumed the subah, and nominated Chunda Saheb governor of the Carnatic.
Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.
Word Forms
- subahs
Synonyms for subah
Depending on context, synonyms include subadar.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soubah, soobah, subidar, mahal, soubadar, soubedar.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.