What is "darbar"

Durbar \Dur"bar\, n. [Hind. darb[=a]r, fr. Per dar?[=a]r house, court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + b[=a]r court, assembly.] An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also darbar.]

n. (alternative form of durbar English)

Darbar may refer to:

• Durbar (court), a term for a court in Urdu from the Persian
• Darbar (surname), a surname used in the Indian Subcontinent
• Darbar Sahib is Sufi Shrine or holy place in South Asia
• Darbar (title) or Darbar Saheb is a title of honor used in India
• Darbar, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran

Darbar / Darbar Saheb, also spelled as Durbar, is a title of honor or respect used generally in the Indian State of Gujarat to refer to a Rajput and Muslim chiefs mainly found in Gujarat and saurashtra mainly Babi, Baluch, Lohani, Mandori, Tunvar, Malik, etc. Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era. As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile princely states may be referred to as Darbar caste in general use of the word, although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during princely India, which was used to refer to Rajput and Muslim chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural Gujarat.