durbar

• The Krishna Cop who lifted you after the Red Fort durbar was at the end of the street. —  Asimov's SF, July 2006
• Ranchi, Sept. 15: The first complaint to come up today at Shibu Soren's maiden janata durbar - a routine PR exercise chief ministers indulge in to put a shine on their public face - was against himself. —  The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage
• The durbar was hastily broken up, with the excuse that the Rajah must be ill, and the Rani and her crowd of chattering excited women conducted back, with all the usual paraphernalia of sheets held before and behind and on either side of them, to their own apartments. —  The Path to Honour
• Other khilats are being prepared in readiness for a durbar to-night, at which the Rajah will confer them upon the councillors offended this morning. —  The Path to Honour
• "Nowhere," he says, "is the difference between European and Mahomedan society more strongly marked than in the lower walks of life.... A Kasid, or messenger, for example, will come into a public department, deliver his letters in full durbar, and demean himself throughout the interview with so much composure and self-possession, that an European can hardly believe that his grade in society is so low. —  Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity

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