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Mehtar (Urdu: مھتار ) The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ...


The term Mehtar is a Persian word meaning "Mighty". It is the title of the ruler of the former State of Chitral. The State of Chitral, or Chitrāl, was a former princely state of Pakistan and British India which ceased to exist in 1969. ...


In the Khowar language of Chitral Mehtar (locally pronounced as Mitaar) is also used as a general word for king. Khowar is classified as a Dardic language. ...


 

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