mukhtiyāra

Notes var. mukhtyāra, muktyāra, mukhtāra; n. title of the chief minister in the pre-Rana and the early Rana period, and of the commander-in-chief in most of the Rana period; title of a Regent or Prime Minister (Kumar 1967: 167; M.C. Regmi 2002: 301 ; M.C. Regmi 1999: 137 ; Adhikari 1984: 353; Whelpton 2005: 263; Whelpton 1991: 284; M.C. Regmi 1995: 77).
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