Jaghire

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jaghir \Ja"ghir\, n. [Per. j[=a]g[imac]r.]
     A village or district the government and revenues of which
     are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some
     service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.
     [Written also {jaghire}, {jagir}, etc.] [India] --Whitworth.
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