Sarkar (administrative division)

Sarkar (,, ਸਰਕਾਰ, সরকার also spelt Circar) is 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