{{short description|Governor of a province during the Mughal era}} {{for|the current military rank|Subedar}} [[File:asif muharram 1795 1.jpg|thumb|300px|Mughal ranks included the ''Nawab'', ''Subahdar'', ''Mansabdar'', ''Sawar'' and Sepoy. Mughal princes were often given the titles of ''Mir'' and ''Mirza'']] '''Subahdar''' was one of the designations of a governor of a Subah (province)<ref>George Clifford Whitworth. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.45332/page/n319 <!-- pg=301 quote=Subah. --> Subah.] ''An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India''. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1885. p. 301.</ref> during the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, Mamluk dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, and the Mughal era who was alternately designated as Sahib-i-Subah or Nazim. The word, ''Subahdar'' is of Persian origin.<ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Subahdar |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Subahdar |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |access-date=2015-10-27 |archive-date=2015-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703161809/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Subahdar |url-status=live }}</ref> The Subahdar was the head of the Mughal provincial administration. He was assisted by the provincial ''Diwan'', ''Bakhshi'', ''Faujdar'', ''Kotwal'', ''Qazi'', ''Sadr'', ''Waqa-i-Navis'', ''Qanungo'' and ''Patwari''.<ref>Mahajan V.D. (1991, reprint 2007). ''History of Medieval India'', Part II, New Delhi: S. Chand, {{ISBN|81-219-0364-5}}, p.236</ref> The Subahdars were normally appointed from among the Mughal princes or the officers holding the highest ''mansabs'' (ranks).
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