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'''Sarkar''' ({{lang-hi|{{Nastaliq|सरकार}}}}, {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سركار}}}}, {{lang-bn|সরকার}} also spelt '''Circar''')<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Circar|volume=6|page=380}}</ref> is a historical [[administrative division]],<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Akhter |first=Nasrin |year=2012 |chapter=Sarkar |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> used mostly in the [[Mughal Empire]]. It was a division of a [[Subah (province)|Subah]]<ref name=Banglapedia/> or province. A sarkar was further divided into [[Mahalla]]s or [[Pargana]]s.<ref name=Banglapedia/><br />
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The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the [[Chakla (administrative division)|Chakla]] system.<ref>{{cite book |last=Akhtar |first=Shirin |year=2012 |chapter=Chakla System |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chakla_System |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Northern Circars]], the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency<br />
* [[Pakhli]], an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan<br />
* [[Pakhal Sarkar]], an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan<br />
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