Question

Define the following briefly -
1) Mansabdar
2) Jagirdar
3) Zamindar

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Mansabdar

=>The Mansabdar Bengali: মনসবদার, romanized: Monshobdaar was a military unit within the administrative system of the Mughal Empire introduced by Akbar. The word mansab is of Arabic origin meaning rank or position. The system, hence, determined the rank of a government official and also other military generals.

2) Jagirdar

=>The Jagirdars were the king's officials who enjoyed the land gifted from the King. They were the rank (mansab) holder given by the king called mansabdar. They were allotted non-inheritable land area equivalent to their fee amount called Jagir.

3) Zamindar

=>A zamindar, zomindar, zomidar, or jomidar, in the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat. The term means land owner in Persian. Typically hereditary, zamindars held enormous tracts of land and control over their peasants, from whom they reserved the right to collect tax on behalf of imperial courts or for military purposes. Their families carried titular suffixes of lordship.