Question

write about the different rulers of Mughal empire and their Administration and cultural contribution

Answer 1

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The Mughals created a vast empire in India and imposed long-lasting structures of administration and governance that left a deep political legacy. Their nobles came from diverse sections of society. They employed the Mansabdari and Jagirdari systems of administration.
Mansabdar was a person who held a mansab, that fixed their rank, salary and military responsibilities. Rank and salary were determined by zat. The higher the zat, more prestigious was the rank of the noble. The mansabdar was in turn responsible for maintaining a fixed number of sawar (cavalrymen). They were also appointed jagir (land) as revenue assignments for extracting salary.
The jagirs is Akbar's reign were carefully assessed so that their revenue was roughly equal to the salary of the mansabdar. By Aurangzeb's reign, the scenario had changed as the actual revenue collected was lower than the salary.
Akbar divided his empire into provinces called subas governed by subadars to ease administration. Each province had a diwan (financial officer), bakhsi (military paymaster), sadr (responsible for religious patronage), faujdar (military commander) and kotwal (police commander).

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