Sarkar (, , , also spelt Circar) is a historical administrative division, used mostly in the Mughal Empire. It was a division of a Subah or province. A sarkar was further divided into Mahallas or Parganas. The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system. See also Northern Circars, the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency Rajamundry Sarkar, one among the Northern Circars Pakhli, an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan Pakhal Sarkar, an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan References Subdivisions of the Mughal Empire Former subdivisions of Bangladesh