subah
Subah is a term of Persianate origin used to denote a province or large administrative division in historical South Asian and neighboring Islamic governance. In contemporary Urdu and Persian, subah also means morning, a usage that coexists with its historical sense in literature and everyday language.
In the Mughal Empire, the realm was organized into Subahs as the primary territorial units from the
Etymology and usage: The term derives from Persianate administrative vocabulary and denotes a provincial unit. After
In historical scholarship, Subah is used to refer to imperial provinces under Mughal rule, with notable examples