Darugha

Darugha (Bashkir: даруга, Tatar Cyrillic: даруга, Latin: daruğa) was a territorial subdivision in the Mongol Empire. A darugha was ruled by darughachi.

Later the term was used for the province, particularly in Kazan and the Siberian Khanates in the 15th-16th centuries; and finally in the Turkic-populated parts of the Russian Empire in 16th-18th centuries.^[1]

In 1762, the Bashkir people controlled the Kazan Darugha, the Nogai Darugha, the Osin Darugha, and the Siberian Darugha.^[2]

In the Mughal Empire of South Asia and Persia, darugha was the title of the district police officer. This title was kept until the 20th century during the British Raj.

References

1. ^ (Tatar) "Даруга". Tatar Encyclopedia. Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002. 
2. ^ Rychkov Petr Ivanovich: "Topography of Orenburg" Russia St. Petersburg, 1762 page 93