What are the main features of the Jagirdari system?

The main features of the Jagirdari System are as follows:

• The bestowal of a Jagir could be conditional or unconditional

• In Mughal times, the taxes collected by Jagir paid his salary, while the rest went to the treasury.

• A jagir was technically a feudal life estate, as the grant reverted to the state upon the jagirdar’s death. 

For further reading check the following articles:

• Mansabdari System
• Emperor Akbar