Editing Northern Circars (section)

== Etymology ==
''Circar'' was an English spelling of [[Sarkar (administrative division)|''sarkar'']], a Mughal term for district (a subdivision of a ''[[Subah (province)|subah]]'' or province), which had been in use since the time of [[Sher Shah Suri]] (1486–1545).<ref name=EB1911/><ref name="Moreland2011">{{citation |last=Moreland |first=W. H. |title=The Agrarian System of Moslem India: A Historical Essay with Appendices |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7Fr34r66ZcC&pg=PA75 |year=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-02828-8 |pages=74–75}}</ref><ref name="Regani1988">{{citation |last=Regani |first=Sarojini |title=Nizam-British Relations, 1724-1857 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Fb26pWqhScC&pg=PA152 |year=1988 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-195-1 |page=152}}</ref> "Northern Circars" meant the northern districts of the Nizam's dominion.

Eventually "Circar" also acquired the meaning of "British Sarkar", i.e., the British government.<ref>{{citation |title=A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries: States in Rajpootana, Central India, and the mediatized chiefs in Central India and Malwa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHgqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA538 |year=1876 |publisher=Re-printed at the Foreign Office Press |pages=538–}}</ref> Hence, "Sarkar districts" could also be understood as the districts under the administration of the British government.  In British maps, the area might just be labelled "Circars".<ref>As in [[:File:Joppen1907India1795a.jpg|this map in a popular atlas of 1907]], in fact showing "India in 1795".</ref>