Question

WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF THE ZAMINDAR IN MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The role of the zamindar in Mughal administration was to collect the revenues and taxes from the peasants that were a source of income for the Mughals. They acted as an intermediate between the Mughals and the peasants and in some areas the zamindars exercised a great deal of power.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The term Zamindars was used by the Mughals for all intermediaries - whether they were local headmen of villages or powerful chieftains. The zamindars collected revenue from the peasants. They acted as intermediaries between the rulers and the peasants.

They collected tax on the produce of the peasantry which was a source of income for the Mughal rulers.

In some areas, the zamindars exercised a great deal of power and sometimes zamindars and peasants of the same caste allied in rebelling against Mughal authority.

These peasant revolts in fact challenged the stability of the Mughal empire from the end of the seventeenth century.