First Adigar

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First Adigar was the highest-ranking ministerial position in the Kingdom of Kandy, serving as the chief advisor and administrative head under the Kandyan monarch.

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First Adigar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government position
ministerial office
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED
associatedWith Kandyan court NERFINISHED
Kandyan nobility NERFINISHED
authorityDerivedFrom royal appointment
category Kandyan Kingdom titles
Sri Lankan political history
country Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED
governs administrative apparatus of the Kandyan Kingdom
hasHigherRankThan other Kandyan ministers
hasLowerRankThan Kandyan monarch
hierarchicalRank highest-ranking ministerial position in the Kingdom of Kandy
historicalContext Kandyan monarchy NERFINISHED
pre-colonial Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early modern Sri Lanka
languageOfTitle Sinhala NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
officeHolderTitleInSinhala Adigar NERFINISHED
partOf government of the Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED
positionHeldIn Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED
responsibility acting as chief minister
advising the king on state policy
coordinating government officials
implementing royal decisions
managing internal affairs of the kingdom
overseeing civil administration
role administrative head under the Kandyan monarch
chief advisor to the Kandyan monarch
seatOfGovernment Kandy NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Kandyan monarch
usedInSystemOfGovernment Kandyan feudal administration
monarchy

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Kandyan aristocracy heldOffice First Adigar