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- noun Plural form of
mudir .
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Examples
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These mudirs have minor magisterial powers over all Arabs and Africans in their mudiras and were very much respected.
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At the head of each vilayet is a vali, or governor-general, whose province is divided into departments (sanjak, liwa), each presided over by a mutesarrif; each department again contains so many divisions (kaimmakamlik, kada), each under a kaimmakam; and these again are divided into districts (mudiriyeh, nahiya) under mudirs.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Each vilayet is divided into sanjaks or districts, and these are again subdivided into communal groups and communes, presided over respectively by officers known as mutessarifs, kaimakams, mudirs, and mukhtars.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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