jagir

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.

what’s really happening in NW Pakistan 2008

Will it, like so many other cultural institutions, continue to be a Nehru-Gandhi jagir, asks Rukun Advani, handed out to the loyal?

Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Will it, like so many other cultural institutions, continue to be a Nehru-Gandhi jagir, asks Rukun Advani, handed out to the loyal?

Ambition, greed, intrigue, double-dealing Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

In 1758, Nanjiraj, the powerful minister of the raja, caused Bangalore to be granted, as a _jagir_ or fief, to Hyder

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

It is no new rule to treat your superiors with adequate salaams, but few executives make the folly of behaving with their co-workers and subordinates in a manner a king rules over his jagir.

The Times of India 2010

Instead of gaining credibility by showing authority and minimum standards of party discipline, the BJP is looking like the jagir (property) of conspiratorial party leaders.

rediff.com 2009

He will not be sincere to the region, will not know its problems well, and will have a tendency to rule with an upper hand like his personal jagir - which basically gives him power over anyone else - to use and abuse as he likes without question.

Karachi Metblogs SwERveUT 2009