Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In British India, a, subdivision of a zillah or district.
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Examples
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In 1824 upwards of thirty children were devoured by wolves in one pergunnah alone.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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After some search, however, they discovered him, and bound and took him off, with handcuffs, and an iron collar round his neck, to the Kurseea jungle, in the Hydergur pergunnah.
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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Poknapoor is in the estate of Etowa, which forms part of the pergunnah of Peepareea, to which Bahadur Sing, the person above described, lays claim.
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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The Rajah, Syud Ashruf Allee Khan, of Mahomdee, claims a kind of suzerainty over all the district, and over this pergunnah of
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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a few villages round his residence at Pursur; but the pergunnah is under the management of a Government officer, under the Amil of
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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