what was the role of the zamindar in mughal administration ?
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The role of the zamindar in Mughal administration was to collect the revenues and taxes from the peasants.
In some areas, the zamindars exercised a great deal of power and were considered a part of the rural elite, like the village headman or the chieftains
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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.
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