Anglo-Indian. Also 8 su-, soubadary, -ee, -darr(e)y, 9 soobah-. [Urdu çūbahdārī, f. prec.] = next.
1764. State Papers, in Ann. Reg., 190. We engage to reinstate the Nabob in the subadarrey of Bengal.
1800. Asiatic Ann. Reg., IV. 9/1. A firman, vesting Hyder with the subahdary of Sera.
1817. Jas. Mill, Brit. India, I. III. iv. 599. He was appointed to the regency or subahdarry of Deccan.