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Mansabdari System in Mughal Administration

Aug 25, 2014 11:33 IST JAGRAN JOSH

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The mansabdari system was formally introduced by Mughal Emperor Akbar who made it core
foundation of administrative system of Mughal Empire. The term mansab literally means
position, status or rank but in context of the structure of the Mughal administration it indicated
the rank of mansabdar- that is holder of mansab - in the o cial hierarchy. The mansabdari
system was of Central Asian origin and it was rst introduced by Babur in North India. But it
was Akbar who institutionalized it in Mughal military set up and civil administration.

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The mansabdars constituted the ruling section in the imperial structure. The Mansabdars were
said to be the pillars of the Mughal administration; the entire nobility, in fact belonged to
mansabs ; among them one or the other held a mansab . Mansabdari system was nothing but
a system of nobles or mansabdars under which a mansabdar or noble was granted the rights
to hold a jagir which meant revenue assignments (not land itself) for services rendered by
them but the authority bestowed upon them was not unbridled but with the direct control of
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As above-mentioned mansabdars were paid either in cash (naqd) or in the form of

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assignments of areas of land (jagir) out of which they had the entitlement to collect the land
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their salary. The mansabdar paid the salary of cavalrymen that he maintained out of his
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As institutional framework of mansabdari existed in both military organization and civil
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and the other by cavalry rank (called sawar). Every mansabdar was given the rank of both zat
and sawar and a mansabdar was paid rupees two per horse. To elaborate it further, a SEARCH FOR TOP EXAMS
mansabdar was given rupees one thousand additional allowance if he had received the rank of Category
ve hundred sawars. Furthermore, the duties of a mansabdar was not in accordance with the
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mansab or position he held. For a mansabdar, higher rank did not necessarily mean a higher
post. For instance, Raja Man Singh was not a minister and still enjoyed a higher rank than Abul Sub-Category
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The emperor was the sole authority who conferrred, decreased, increased and resumed the
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mansab. He also granted promotions to those who displayed their prowess in military service.
The o cers were granted territorial commands in return for the military service. They had to
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were rated on the basis of the numbers which was known as Zats. So they were called
Mansabdars of 10, 20, 100, and 1000 and so on. Name

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Broadly there were three categories among the mansabdars .Those holding ranks below 500
zat were known as mansabdars, those holding ranks of more than 500 zat but below 2,500 zat 10 Digit Mobile Number
were named amirs and fall in the second category. In the administration, the third category
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was of amir-i-umda or amir-i-azam or omrahs -those mansabdars who held ranks of 2,500 zat
and more. The lowest rank holder was provided with 10 mansabs. Mansingh,the rst Gender Male Female
Mansabdar of 7000 zats and Bhagwan Das with 5000 zats ,enjoyed the privileged positions in
the Mansabdari system of the empire. DOB Day Month Year

It is noteworthy that most of the Mansabdars were foreigners or were of Central Asian, Turk, Please Select Your Interest
Persian and Afghan origin though there was also small number of Indians who also got
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appointments as mansabdars. During Mughal Akbar's reign the mansabs (ranks) ranged from
10 to 5,000 troops. Later on, the highest number of mansabs was raised from 10,000 to 12,000; By clicking on Submit button, you agree to our terms
thus there was no xed number of mansabdars. of use

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It kept on changing from Akbar to Aurangzeb. The total number of mansabdars during the
reign of Akbar was nearly about 1800; but towards the end of Aurangzeb's rule their number
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