Durbar -- noun -- (1) a formal reception marked by pledges of fealty given to an Indian or African prince by his subjects or to the British monarch by native princes. (2) what The Commodore, for reasons all his own, called reunions of Hyde Bay campers and councilors.
"The great Durbar of 1912 is said to have cost the Maharajah of Jodhpur 2,000,000 rupees."
The Committee on Arrangements cost per person letter from Durbar III |
