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jagheer

Jagheer, also spelled jaghir or jaghair, is a transliteration variant of jagir, a historical land-revenue grant in South Asia. The term refers to parcels of land granted by rulers—most notably during the Mughal era and in other Persianate states—to military officers, nobles, or bureaucrats in return for service. The grant typically conferred the right to collect specified revenue and to exercise administrative authority within its territory, but ownership of the land remained with the sovereign.

As a system, jagheers served as a link between centralized authority and local governance. The jagheer holder,

Decline and abolition followed the rise of modern nation-states and land reform movements in the mid-20th century.

Related terms include jagir, jagirdar, and zamindar.

or
jagirdar,
was
responsible
for
revenue
collection,
maintenance
of
order,
and,
when
required,
the
provision
of
military
or
administrative
support
to
the
ruler.
Jagheers
were
often
hereditary
and
could
be
renewed,
restricted,
or
revoked
by
the
crown,
subject
to
the
ruler’s
prerogatives
and
the
fulfillment
of
attached
obligations.
The
system
varied
in
practice
across
regions,
with
differences
in
the
scope
of
rights
and
the
degree
of
local
autonomy.
Many
jagir
grants
were
abolished
or
transformed
as
revenue
systems
shifted
to
state
control,
and
hereditary
privileges
associated
with
jagheers
were
dismantled
in
pursuit
of
egalitarian
reforms.
Today,
jagheer
is
primarily
of
historical
interest,
appearing
in
scholarly
discussions
of
pre-modern
governance
and
in
genealogical
or
regional
contexts.