Bahadur
Bahadur is an Asian title and / or part of the name.
Etymology and meaning
The word "Bahadur" originally means heroic or courageous and is etymologically related to the Mongolian Baatar , the Turk-speaking Baghatur , the Turkish Bahadır , the Russian bogatir (богатырь "hero") and the Hungarian bátor "brave".
In the Indian language area, the title (hindi बहादुर bahādur ) found its way over the Mughals and was given the additional meaning of honorable , higher ranking . Numerous Mughals adopted this ruler designation in their names, along with other titles such as (Padi) Shah or Khan . Since the title was often given / accepted and handled and passed on as part of the name, it is now widespread on the Indian subcontinent.
During the British rule over India, the equal honorary titles of Khan Bahadur (Muslims and Parsees), Rao , Rae or Rai Bahadur (Hindus) or Sardar Bahadur (Sikhs) were bestowed on high officials and princes. An even higher distinction was the Diwan Bahadur , which was awarded as an Indian variant of equal rank to the most common knightly order of the British Empire . The princes of British India were allowed to call themselves Maharajah Bahadur , as they did under the Great Mughals . There were other ranks up to Maharajadhiraja Baradur (roughly: Upper / High-ranking King of Kings) - despite this title they were subordinate to the respective emperor of India.
In the north Indian kingdoms of Gorkha, Nepal and Bhopal , "Bahadur" established itself as an honorary designation and an appendix to the ruler's name.
Connotation
In a figurative sense, the epithet Bahadur also denotes a pompous, vain, self-absorbed person.
Different namesake
- Bahadur Shah (Gujarat) († 1537), Sultan of Gujarat
- Baz Bahadur (16th century), last sultan of Malwa
- Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675), Guru of the Sikhs and prince of Bahadurgarh
- Abu'l Ghazi Bahadur (1603–1663), historian and Khan of Khiva
- Bahadur Khan II (died 1702), Emir of Shikarpur
- Bahadur Shah I (1643–1712), Indian Grand Mughal
- Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh army leader
- Ahmad Shah Bahadur , Indian Mughal Mughal
- Bahadur Shah II (1775–1862), Indian Grand Mughal
- Jang Bahadur Rana (1817–1877), Prime Minister of Gorkha
- Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1863–1929), Prime Minister of Gorkha
- Bahadur Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
- Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966), Prime Minister of India
- Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1910–1977), Nepalese Prime Minister
- Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928–2015), Prime Minister of Nepal
- Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939–2015), Nepalese and smallest man in the world
- Lokendra Bahadur Chand (* 1940), Prime Minister of Nepal
- Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Nepalese Prime Minister
- Deependra Bahadur Kshetry (* 1949), head of the Central Bank of Nepal
- Durga Bahadur Subedi (* 1967), Nepalese diplomat
- Bahadur Gupta (* 1976), Indian cross-country skier
- Ram Bahadur Bomjon (* 1990), Nepalese Buddhist monk
- Durga Bahadur Budha (* 1990), Indian obstacle runner
fiction
- The Indian comic series Bahadur (1976–1990) showed the superhero and protagonist of the same name
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bahaudur . In: Henry Yule , Arthur Coke Burnell : Hobson-Jobson . A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive . XLVIII, 1021 pp. London: Murray 1903. pp. 48-50, with etymology and citations.