durbar, darbar (derbar)

Turk. derbar, He was at once informed that a Rampore citizen had no right to enter the durbar of Jubbul, and was obliged to go out in the rain in the court-yard. W. H. Ru ell, Diary in India, II. 206. 2. A state levee or audience held by the governor-general of India, or by one of the native princes; an official reception. On January 1, 1877, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empre of India, at a darbár of unequalled magnificence, held on the historic "ridge" overlooking the Mughal capi tal of Delhi. Encyc. Brit., XII. 811.