write a note on akbar's mansabdari system. How did it help him to control the vast empire?
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Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system. 'Mansab' is an Arabic word meaning rank or position. Every officer or nobel was given a mansab or rank and was called a mansabdar. A mansabdar was required to maintain a stipulated number of horseman according to his rank. There were 33 categories of mansabdars, the lowest begin commander of 10 horseman, and the highest commanding 10,000 soldiers. Mansabs of above 5,000 were reserved for prince and close relatives. Apart from salary in cash, a jagir was also given to the mansabdar for paying the soldiers and maintaining a fixed number of elephants, camels, mules, and carts. It helps Akbar to calculate his military works easy and an army of well-trained soldiers and artillery under his direct controll.......
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