Definition of "sahib"

One must never forget that one is a Sahib, and that some day, when examinations are passed, one will command natives.

1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 7, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, page 177

After, went to sahib and packed up sahib's things. We had four hire-ponies; three for loads, and one for sahib to ride. Sahib had a Chinese saddle, that he put on a high horse.

1923, Rasool Galwan, Servant of Sahibs‎, Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, page 25