Subah (Province)

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The Arabic term Subah ( Urdu : صوبہ) was used to designate a province in the Mughal Empire . The governor or governor had the title of subahdar .

history

In the years 1572 to 1580, the Mughal Mughal Akbar I originally created 12 Subahs; in the years 1596 to 1601 3 more were added. Under his successors Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb , their number was increased to a total of 22. The British initially largely adopted the political and administrative structure of the Mughal empire, but gradually transformed it.

# Province (Subah) Capital year Mogul
1 Kabul (province) Kabul Akbar I.
2 Lahore (province) Lahore
3 Multan (province) Multan
4th Ajmer (province) Ajmer
5 Gujarat Province Ahmedabad
6th Delhi (Province) Delhi
7th Agra (province) Agra
8th Malwa (province) Ujjain
9 Awadh ( Oudh ) Faizabad , Lucknow
10 Allahabad (Province) Allahabad
11 Bihar (province) Patna
12 Bengal (Province) Tanda , Rajmahal , Dhaka , Murshidabad
13 Berar (province) Achalpur 1596
14th Khandesh (province) Burhanpur 1601
15th Ahmednagar (Province) Ahmednagar , Daulatabad , Aurangabad 1601
16 Orissa (province) Cutack Shah Jahan
17th Kashmir Province Srinagar
18th Thatta (Province) (Sindh) Thatta
19th Bidar (province) Bidar 1656
20th Bijapur (Province) Bijapur 1684 Aurangzeb
21st Golkonda (Province) (later Hyderabad (Province) ) Hyderabad 1687
22nd Sira (province) Sira 1687

Shah Jahan founded other provinces, but they did not exist for long: Kandahar (1638-1648), Telangana (1636-1657), Balkh (1646-1647), Badakhshan (1646-1647).

literature

  • Jadunath Sarkar : Mughal Administration . 5. revised Calcutta 1963
  • VD Mahajan: History of Medieval India. Part II. S. Chand Publ., New Delhi 2007, ISBN 81-219-0364-5 , p. 236 f.

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