Question

who alone held the office of subedar,diwan and faujdar ?​

Answer 1

The Mughals were descendants of two great lineages of

rulers. From their mother’s side they were descendants

of Genghis Khan (died 1227), the Mongol ruler who

ruled over parts of China and Central Asia. From their

father’s side they were the successors of Timur (died

1404), the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern-day Turkey.

However, the Mughals did not like to be called Mughal

or Mongol. This was because Genghis Khan’s memory

was associated with the massacre of innumerable

people. It was also linked with the Uzbegs, their Mongol

competitors. On the other hand, the Mughals were

Fig. 2

A miniature painting (dated 1702-1712) of Timur, his descendants

and the Mughal emperors. Timur is in the centre and on his right is

his son Miran Shah (the first Mughal emperor Babur’s great-greatgrandfather) and then Abu Said (Babur’s grandfather). To the left of

Timur are Sultan Muhammad Mirza (Babur’s great-grandfather) and

Umar Shaikh (Babur’s father). The Mughal emperors Babur, Akbar

and Shah Jahan are the third, fourth and fifth individuals on

Timur’s right and on his left, in the same order, are Humayun,

Jahangir and Aurangzeb.