Daira
Daira (da"e*ra) , noun
[Turkish daire circuit, department, from Arabic dairah circle.]
Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh (sa"ni*e), or Da"i*ra Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates.