History of India: ancient and medieval / The Mughal empire
Mughal administration: mansab, jagir and provinces
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Mansabdari: zat and sawar ranks, dagh and chehra, du-aspah sih-aspah, payment in cash or jagir
- Jagirdars hold transferable, non-hereditary revenue assignments for service; zamindars hold hereditary local revenue rights
- Territorial hierarchy: suba, sarkar, pargana, village; subadar, faujdar, amalguzar, kotwal
- Wakil, Diwan, Mir Bakshi (military pay and mansab, a Mughal office), Mir Saman, Sadr-us-Sudur
- Zabt (dahsala), batai, kankut, nasaq; Todar Mal's bandobast; jama and hasil
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 13 and 15
- ch. 13
- ch. 15
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 8
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), pp. 1-10 (printed 39-48)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Mansabdars and Jagirdars; Zat ranking, pp. 4-5 (printed 42-43)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Mansabdars and Jagirdars; Zabt and Zamindars, pp. 4-5 (printed 42-43)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Zabt and Zamindars (provinces such as Gujarat and Bengal), p. 5 (printed 43)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Zabt and Zamindars, p. 5 (printed 43)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Mansabdari System (zat and sawar), p. 41 (printed 37)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Mansabdari System; 14.9 Mughal Society (jagirdars and zamindars), pp. 41-50 (printed 37-46)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Rajput Policy (Todar Mal as Diwan, Akbar's ministers), p. 41 (printed 37)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.10 Economy (land revenue: zabt, batai, kankut), p. 51 (printed 47)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 6. Land Revenue System: The mansabdari system, p. 19 (printed 214)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 5. The Zamindars, pp. 16-17 (printed 211-212)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 4. Forests and Tribes (pargana as a subdivision of a suba); 6. Land Revenue System (amil-guzar, amins of the parganas), pp. 13-20 (printed 208-215)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 6. Land Revenue System (the diwan's office and the revenue records), pp. 18-19 (printed 213-214)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 6. Land Revenue System; Classification of lands under Akbar; The jama, pp. 18-20 (printed 213-215)