discuss the main features of mansabdari system
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Answer:
The 'Mansab' is an Arabic word meaning rank or position or status of a person. Thus Mansabdari was a system in which the rank of a government official was determined. Every civil and military officer was given a 'mansab'. Different numbers which could be divided by ten were used for ranking officers.
Explanation:
Main features of 'mansabdari' system:
1. Ten horsemen had to be maintained by the lowest mansabdars.
horsemen.
2. The highest mansabs were reserved for the members of the royal household maintaining 7000 horsemen
3. During Akbar's reign, all mansabdars were paid in cash or in the form of a jagir which was fixed by the system.
4. The mansabdars were not hereditary. They could be transferred or after their death, their jagir could be given to other mansabdars.