Question

4 What was the relationship between
the mansabdar and the Jages?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A jagir was a revenue assignment given as salary to the mansabdars. The mansabdars had to collect revenue from their jagir. However, they were forbidden from residing in it. The revenue was collected for the mansabdars by their servants while the mansabdars themselves served in some other part of the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

a mansabdar was an individual who held a mansab, meaning a position or rank. He was not paid salary in cash. Instead he was given a right to collect revenue from the land granted to them. These lands were called jagirs.