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{{short description|Title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat}}
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'''Darbar''', also spelled as '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western [[India]]n State of [[Gujarat]] to refer to a [[Koli people|Koli]] and [[Rajput]]. Darbar is equal to the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya]]. Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Gujarat - Part 3|year=2003|page=1173|isbn=9788179911068|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Basu|first=Pratyusha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&pg=PA235&dq=Term+Darbar+koli#v=onepage&q=Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development|date=2009|publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Raymond Brady|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli#v=onepage&q=Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity|last2=Trivedi|first2=Yogi|date=2016-05-12|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|language=en}}</ref>
{{Short description|Indian title in Gujarat and Rajasthan}}
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As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s  may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma|year=2005|page=140|isbn=9788183240529|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false|last1=Roy Burman|first1=J. J.}}</ref> although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].
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'''Darbar''' or '''Durbar''' or '''Darbar Sahib''' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: [[ISO 15919]]: ''Darbār'') is a title of honor or respect used mainly in the [[India|Indian]] states of [[Gujarat]] and Rajasthan. [[Chieftain]] or Lord of small petty princely states, which existed in the pre-independence era, who used title as together with honorific [[Saheb]], to be referred as '''Darbar Saheb'''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Basu |first=Pratyusha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&dq=Term+Darbar+koli&pg=PA235 |title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development |date=2009 |publisher=Cambria Press |isbn=978-1-60497-625-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Raymond Brady |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli&pg=PT354 |title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity |last2=Trivedi |first2=Yogi |date=2016-05-12 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-908959-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lobo |first=Lancy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region |date=1995 |publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp. |isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 |language=en}}</ref>


== Darbar Shri ==
Traditionally, it was used to refer to persons belonging to the [[Landed nobility|landed-nobility]], who may also be from the communities of [[Charan|Charans]], [[Kathi people|Kathis]], and [[Rajput|Rajputs]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tambs-Lyche |first=Harald |title=Power, Profit and Poetry Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India |publisher=Manohar |year=1997 |isbn=81-7304-176-8 |location=New Delhi |pages=97}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Lobo |first=Lancy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region |date=1995 |publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp. |isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Raymond Brady |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli&pg=PT354 |title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity |last2=Trivedi |first2=Yogi |date=2016-05-12 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-908959-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tambs-Lyche |first=Harald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOsrDwAAQBAJ |title=Transaction and Hierarchy: Elements for a Theory of Caste |date=2017-08-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-39396-6 |language=en |quote=Charans received lands in jagir for their services, and in parts of Marwar, certain Charan families were effectively Darbars.}}</ref>
Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :
 
* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
As such, many dominant caste or hereditary chieftain of an erstwhile [[Princely state|princely states]] may be referred to as Darbar in the general use of the word. The title was mostly in use in areas now covered by [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy Burman |first1=J. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&dq=darbar+caste&pg=PA140 |title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma |year=2005 |isbn=9788183240529 |page=140 |publisher=Mittal Publications }}</ref> However, there is no separate notified caste called Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[Princely states|princely]] India, which was used to refer to chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=Charles |last2=Dwivedi |first2=Sharada |title=Lives of the Indian Princes |date=June 1998 |publisher=BPI Publishing |isbn=978-81-86982-05-1 |pages=170–171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSNtEAAAQBAJ&dq=Darbar+SahEB+PRINCELY+TITLE&pg=PA170 |access-date=8 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Desmukh]]
* [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]]
* [[Jagirdar]]
* [[Jagirdar]]
* [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]
* [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]
* [[Mankari]]
* [[Zamindar]]
* [[Zaildar]]
*
* [[Mansabdar]]
* [[Sardar]]
* [[Thakur (title)|Thakur, Thakore]]
* [[Feudalism in India]]
* [[Feudalism in India]]
* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links and Sources ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]


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Darbar or Durbar or Darbar Sahib (Gujarati: ISO 15919: Darbār) is a title of honor or respect used mainly in the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Chieftain or Lord of small petty princely states, which existed in the pre-independence era, who used title as together with honorific Saheb, to be referred as Darbar Saheb.[1][2][3]

Traditionally, it was used to refer to persons belonging to the landed-nobility, who may also be from the communities of Charans, Kathis, and Rajputs.[4][5][6][7]

As such, many dominant caste or hereditary chieftain of an erstwhile princely states may be referred to as Darbar in the general use of the word. The title was mostly in use in areas now covered by Gujarat and Rajasthan.[8] However, there is no separate notified caste called Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during princely India, which was used to refer to chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural Gujarat.[4][9]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Basu, Pratyusha (2009). Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-625-0.
  2. Williams, Raymond Brady; Trivedi, Yogi (12 May 2016). Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908959-8.
  3. Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region. Hindustan Pub. Corp. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Tambs-Lyche, Harald (1997). Power, Profit and Poetry Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India. New Delhi: Manohar. p. 97. ISBN 81-7304-176-8.
  5. Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region. Hindustan Pub. Corp. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
  6. Williams, Raymond Brady; Trivedi, Yogi (12 May 2016). Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908959-8.
  7. Tambs-Lyche, Harald (9 August 2017). Transaction and Hierarchy: Elements for a Theory of Caste. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-39396-6. Charans received lands in jagir for their services, and in parts of Marwar, certain Charan families were effectively Darbars.
  8. Roy Burman, J. J. (2005). Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma. Mittal Publications. p. 140. ISBN 9788183240529.
  9. Allen, Charles; Dwivedi, Sharada (June 1998). Lives of the Indian Princes. BPI Publishing. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-81-86982-05-1. Retrieved 8 July 2022.