What were the responsibilities of a masabdar
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Mansabdar refers to an individual who holds a mansab, a position or rank. Those who joined Mughal Service were enrolled as Mansabdars. The mansabdars responsibilities required him to maintain a specified number of sawar or cavalrymen. The mansabdar brought his cavalrymen for review, got them registered, their horses branded and then received money to pay them as salary.The Mansabdar was a military unit within the administrative system of the Mughal Empireintroduced 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. Every civil and military officer was given a 'mansab' and different which could be increased by ten were used for ranking officers. It was also meant for fixing the salaries and allowances of officers.The term manasabadar means a person (in old times) who has a positioning or ranking of a government can give power .
MansabdarCountryIndian subcontinentEquipmentrifle, artillery, Scimitar
It was a system whereby nobles were granted the rights to hold a jagir, which meant revenue assignments (not land itself) for services rendered by them but the authority bestowed upon them was not unbridled but with the direct control of these nobles in the hands of the king. [Abul Fazl] has mentioned 66 grades of mansabdars but in practice there were not more than 33 mansabs. During the early reign of Akbar, the lowest grade was ten and the highest was 12,000. Higher mansabs were given to princes and Rajput rulers who accepted the suzerainty of the emperor.The main feature of this was mansab or office a person held and it was approved by the emperor ... .
MansabdarCountryIndian subcontinentEquipmentrifle, artillery, Scimitar
It was a system whereby nobles were granted the rights to hold a jagir, which meant revenue assignments (not land itself) for services rendered by them but the authority bestowed upon them was not unbridled but with the direct control of these nobles in the hands of the king. [Abul Fazl] has mentioned 66 grades of mansabdars but in practice there were not more than 33 mansabs. During the early reign of Akbar, the lowest grade was ten and the highest was 12,000. Higher mansabs were given to princes and Rajput rulers who accepted the suzerainty of the emperor.The main feature of this was mansab or office a person held and it was approved by the emperor ... .
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Responsibility of Mansabdar is to holds a mansab, a position or rank.
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