Faujdar

Faujdar, also written fawjdār, described in the Mughal Empire since the reforms of Todar time an administrative official of the second level, which is usually a controlled Sarkar said district. His duties were primarily police, but he was also commander. Furthermore, he was a judge in criminal matters. Downstream was the Thānādār.

In the border area of Bengal, the title was referring mostly to a purely military posts. There was also the incumbents but possible, to enrich themselves through participation in the export of goods, as they had the necessary " power of persuasion " to push wholesale prices. For the colonial period the title then often meant a police officer at the district level or native criminal judge lower level.

Is derived the name from the Arabic fauj force, which the Persian suffix -dar " (official ) owner " was added.

• Faujdārī: the Office, or the driven-in to cover the expenditure tax.
• Faujdar - Awab: levied to cover expenditure by the zamindari taxes and fees.
• Faujdārī - Adalat: the concerned Criminal Court ( " District Court " ), even in the colonial period to the 1880 standard in the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras designation, then often faujdary.
• Fara - faujdārī: Imposed fines.
• Fauj - jagir: lands whose taxes are used to pay the police troops.
• Fauj - sibandi: Police troops, militia.

• Mughal Empire
• Law ( India)
• Military (India)