arjabegī
| Notes | n. a government officer; “under the Moghal government, this was an officer appointed to receive and present petitions. In the 1840s in Nepal, an arzabegi was attached to the Adalat (court); later we find him as the superintendent of the jail. He has also been referred to as the person who announced to a condemned man his sentence and who presided over the execution.“ (Edwards 1975: 108) |
| Type | t.t. |