ud-Daulah

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ud-Daulah is an honorific suffix of Persian origin historically used in South Asia to denote a high-ranking noble or state official, meaning "of the state" or "of the government."

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
ud-Daula 1
ud-Dowla 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian honorific
honorific suffix
title of nobility
combinedWith other honorifics
personal names
culturalContext Indo-Persian administrative tradition
denotes association with the state
high governmental rank
hasEtymologicalOrigin Persian language
hasMeaning of the government
of the state
historicallyUsedBy Muslim elites in South Asia
honorificType compound title element
linguisticComponent Persian word "daulah" meaning "state" or "government"
partOfOnomasticTradition Persianate court culture
positionInName suffix
script Perso-Arabic script
semanticField political authority
state service
timePeriodOfProminence Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal period

early modern South Asia
transliterationVariant ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs
surface form: ud-Daula

ud-Daulah self-link
ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs
surface form: ud-Dowla
usedBy high-ranking nobles
state officials
usedInRegion British India
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

South Asia

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siraj ud-Daulah honorific ud-Daulah
ud-Daulah transliterationVariant ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ud-Daula
ud-Daulah transliterationVariant ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ud-Dowla
ud-Daulah transliterationVariant ud-Daulah self-link