Question

Write any three features on Mansabdari system (2 marks question)

Answer 1

• The king himself appointed the mansabdars.
• A mansabdar could be asked to perform any civil or military service.
• There were 33 categories of the mansabdars.
• A mansabdar was paid his salary in cash.
• The salary due to the soldiers was added to the personal salary of the mansabdar.

Answer 2

• Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system in his administration
• Under this system, every officer was assigned a rank (Mansab
• Lowest rank was 10 and the highest was 5000 for the noble
• Princes of royal blood received even higher ranks.
• The ranks were divided into two – Zat and Sawar.
• Zat means personal and it fixed the personal status of a person.
• Sawar rank indicated the number of cavalrymen of a person who was required to maintain.
• Every sawar had to maintain at least two horses.
• All appointments, promotions and dismissals were directly made by the emperor.