darughachi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian даругачи (darugači).

Noun

darughachi (plural darughachis)

1. An official in the Mongol Empire responsible for the administration and taxation of a specific province or territory. They were essentially governors appointed by the Mongol Khan.
   • 1970, René Grousset, translated by Naomi Walford, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia, illustrated, reprint edition, Rutgers University Press, translation of original in French, page 259:

     In December, 1231, the Korean capital Kaesong, northwest of the modern Seoul, had been taken by the Mongols, who placed the country under their protectorate with seventy-two darughachi to run it; but in the following year all these Mongol residents had been massacred by the order of the king of Korea, Ko-tjong, who in July, 1232, took refuge on the little island of Kanghwa, west of Seoul.