How did weak military administration led to decline of mughals?
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The reasons for the decline of the Mughal empire were many. But the very best among them was the revolt in Deccan by the Maratha forces, first led by Shivaji, his progeny, and later by the Peshwa confederacy that diverted the resources of the mughals disproportionately to the Deccan and hence its ruin.
The military administration of the later day Mughals was no different from their contemporary rivals in the subcontinent, except that of the Europeans. But the mughals came into contact and direct conflict with the British only in the battle of Buxar.
The army, in those days, of almost all of the native states was contributory, and the local subedars were supposed to provide the soldiers , along with all of the armament, horses and ration, to the empire, in return for the post and perks that were attached with it. The mansabdari system had classified these Nawab and subedars as per their rank, and the number of cavalry that they were supposed to maintain for the use of empire. This was, perhaps, a form of decentralization of the army, but the same was followed in many empires of Europe also, like that of Russian empire. In case of a war, the call went to the mansabdar to provide the army units, along with the expected expenditure.
The Nawab, Jagirdar and mansabdars, in their turn, levied huge taxes, mostly the land tax, on the peasants, but one way to reduce the taxes, was to offer one member of the family as the soldier to the empire. Nominal pay was also offered to these soldiers, and even some coarse grains also given as a way of ration, but still they had to bear their expenditure themselves. That is why, the story of Noor Jehan, who invented Biriyani, by providing few pieces of meat in the rice cooked for the army.
Explanation:
See, the mughal never had a navy, resulting in defeat against the marathas. The main cause of deafeat was in the battle of Buxar was the mughal military. And also due to the jagirdari crisis, the mansabdars grew corrupt and they did not maintained their quota of troops. And the main causes of the collapse of mughal empire was also the treaty of allahbad and defeat in a lot of wars and their try to conquer powerful states beyond the capabilty of armies. They just send them to war without even thinking once, draining their resources without getting anything (resulted in economic bankruptcy). I hope you get the idea.