Central Provinces and Berar five divisions : The Central provinces and Berar included also 15 princely states, whose native rulers enjoyed indirect rule under British protection. Salute states, in order of precendence : Non-salute states, alphabetically : Central Provinces and Berar The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1936 to 1950. It was formed by the merger of the Central Provinces with the province of Berar, which was territory leased by the British from the Hyderabad State. Through an agreement signed on 5 November 1902, 6th Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf
Provinces of Portugal referred to as "províncias" (). Each comarca was headed by an administrative and judicial magistrate, which represented Royal power in each jurisdiction of the country. These magistrates were, initially, called "tenents" (), later "meirinhos-mores" and finally, "corregedores". These six comarcas, with some changes, would be maintained as the principal administrative division of country until the 19th century. Around the 17th Century, the provinces were subdivided into individual "comarcas" or "correições" (), with their own "corregedor" (), and the provinces, as an administrative and civic role, began to be used as a statistical unit. Meanwhile, at the same time that its