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A Jagir, also spelled as Jageer (Devanagari: जागीर, Persian: جاگیر, ''ja-'' meaning "place", ''-gir'' meaning "keeping, holding")〔(Translation directory )〕 was a type of feudal land grant in South Asia bestowed by a monarch to a feudal superior in recognition of his administrative and/or military service. The word ''jagir'' is a distorted form of the more formal Sanskrit term ''jehagiri''. The feudal owner/lord of the Jagir were called Jagirdar or Jageerdar and they also used various other titles e.g. Raja, Nawab, Chaudhary, Rao, Zaildar, Thakur, Sardar, Mankari, Bhomichar, etc. Sometimes they called their seat (primary place of residence and rule) Thikana, Garh or Gadh, etc.〔(Indian Kanoon Document 1750663 )〕 ==Definition of Jagir== Since jagirs existed at least from 13th century Hindu Rajput kingdoms and Delhi Sultanate till 1947 British Raj, there are several definitions of jagirs, as they varied from era-to-era, ruling dynasty to dynasty, and so on. The Supreme Court of India used the following definition of the ''Jagir'' from ''Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act (Rajasthan Act VI of 1952)'' in its ''Thakur Amar Singhji vs State Of Rajasthan(And Other ...)'' on 15 April 1955 judgement: ''The word 'jagir' connoted originally grants made by Rajput Rulers to their clansmen for military services rendered or to be rendered. Later on grants made for religious and charitable purposes and even to non-Rajputs were called jagirs, and both in its popular sense and legislative practice, the word jagir came to be used as connoting all grants which conferred on the grantees rights in respect of land revenue, and that is the sense in which the word jagir should be construed in Article 31-A.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jagir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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