Darugha

{{Short description|Territorial subdivision in the Mongol Empire}}{{Italic title}}

Darugha ({{langx|ba|даруга}}, {{langx|tt-Cyrl|даруга|translit=daruğa}}, from Mongol: daru-, 'to press, to seal'{{cite book|last1=Ergene|first1=Boğaç A.|title=Judicial Practice: Institutions and Agents in the Islamic World|date=2009|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-9-00417-934-9|page=271|quote=Darugha - the word is derived from the Mongol daru-, 'to press, to seal' and was used to denote a chief in the Mongol feudal hierarchy (...)}}) was a territorial subdivision in the Mongol Empire. A darugha was ruled by a darughachi.

Later, the term was used for the province, particularly in Kazan and the Siberian Khanates in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was used in the Turkic-populated parts of the Russian Empire in the 16th to 18th centuries.{{TES|Даруга}} In Safavid Iran, it was a title meaning prefect.{{cite book|last1=Mikaberidze|first1=Alexander|title=Historical Dictionary of Georgia|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-44224-146-6|page=95}} One of the many Safavid darughas was Mirman Mirimanidze.

In 1762, the Bashkir people controlled the Kazan, Nogai, Osin and Siberian darughas.Rychkov Petr Ivanovich: "Topography of Orenburg" Russia St. Petersburg, 1762 page 93{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=April 2024}}

In the Mughal Empire, a daroga was the title of a district police officer. This title was kept until the 20th century during the British Raj.

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