Sarkar (country subdivision)
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Sarkar (Urdu: سركار) is an historical administrative unit, used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia. It was a territorial division of a Subah or province. A sarkar was further divided into territorial divisions for the administrative purpose which were called Mahallas or Parganas. The Mahallas or Parganas consisted of villages which were measured and entered as Chaks.
