Provincial Dissava

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Provincial Dissava was a high-ranking administrative and military office in the Kandyan Kingdom, typically held by members of the local aristocracy who governed provinces on behalf of the monarch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative office
government position
military office
appliesToJurisdiction provinces of the Kandyan Kingdom
associatedWith Sinhalese feudal system
country Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED
followedBy colonial provincial administration under British rule
governmentalRank high-ranking office
governs province
hasRole judicial authority
military commander
provincial governor
tax administrator
historicalPeriod early modern Sri Lanka
languageOfTerm Sinhala NERFINISHED
locatedIn central highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
officeHolderClass Kandyan nobility
local aristocracy
partOf administrative structure of the Kandyan Kingdom
military hierarchy of the Kandyan Kingdom
powerBase hereditary aristocracy
precededBy earlier Sinhalese provincial offices
responsibleFor collection of revenue
implementation of royal policy in provinces
maintenance of law and order
mobilization of provincial troops
selectionMethod appointment by the king
subordinateTo monarch of the Kandyan Kingdom
usedIn Kandyan administrative system
Kandyan military system

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Kandyan aristocracy heldOffice Provincial Dissava