Sarkar (administrative division)
Sarkar was a historical administrative division, used mostly in the Mughal Empire. It was a division of a Subah or province. A sarkar was further divided into Mahallas or Parganas.
The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system.
Examples
- Northern Circars, the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency
- Rajamundry Sarkar, one among the Northern Circars
- Pakhli, an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan
- Pakhal Sarkar, an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan