Zamindar (English spelling)

Japanese: Zamīndār(英語表記)Zamindar
Zamindar (English spelling)

…A land ownership and taxation system introduced in the Bengal Province by Governor Cornwallis in 1793 and implemented mainly in northern India throughout the British rule. It is also called the "perpetual zamindari (land tax) system." The word "zamindar" is a compound word of the Persian words zamin (land) and dār (owner), and meant landowners in general, but originally it included a variety of local ruling classes, such as the Hindu feudal lords who existed before the British rule, small village landowners, and Muslim nobles who became indigenous during the Mughal period.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Zamīndār" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…1793年コーンウォリス総督によってベンガル管区に導入され,以後イギリス支配期を通じて北インドを中心に実施された土地所有・徴税制度。〈永代ザミーンダーリー(地税)制度〉ともよばれる。〈ザミーンダールZamīndār〉とは,ペルシア語のザミーンzamīn(土地)とダールdār(所有者)の合成語で,土地保有者一般を意味したが,本来,イギリス支配以前に存在していたヒンドゥー領主層,村落の小地主層,またムガル時代に土着化していったムスリム(イスラム教徒)豪族層など多様な在地支配層が含まれていた。…

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