mansabdari system

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The mansabdari system was a hierarchical military-bureaucratic framework in the Mughal Empire that ranked officials and determined their salaries and obligations based on the number of troops they were required to maintain.

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Generate an image of a mansabdari system (The mansabdari system was a hierarchical military-bureaucratic framework in the Mughal Empire that ranked officials and determined their salaries and obligations based on the number of troops they were required to maintain.)

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mansabdari system canonical 7
Mansabdari system 1
Mughal administration 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative system ⓘ
bureaucratic framework ⓘ
military ranking system ⓘ
aim to create a graded, uniform hierarchy of officials ⓘ
to ensure loyalty of nobles to the emperor ⓘ
to integrate military and civil administration ⓘ
appliedIn India ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
basedOn mansab rank ⓘ
continuedUnder Aurangzeb ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
corePrinciple linking rank to military obligations ⓘ
linking rank to salary and status ⓘ
ranking of officials by numerical grades called mansabs ⓘ
declinedDuring 18th century ⓘ
declineFactor fiscal crisis of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
over-assignment of jagirs ⓘ
weakening of central authority ⓘ
defined sawar as number of cavalry to be maintained ⓘ
zat as personal rank and status of the officer ⓘ
determined number of troops to be maintained by each officer ⓘ
pay of Mughal officials ⓘ
rank of Mughal nobles ⓘ
function control of provincial administration ⓘ
organization of Mughal army ⓘ
regulation of imperial bureaucracy ⓘ
hadComponent sawar rank ⓘ
zat rank ⓘ
influencedBy Central Asian military practices ⓘ
Persian administrative traditions ⓘ
introducedBy Akbar ⓘ
introducedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
introducedInReignOf Akbar ⓘ
languageOfTerm Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
linkedTo jagirdari system ⓘ
revenue assignment system ⓘ
obligation mansabdars to appear at court when summoned ⓘ
mansabdars to maintain specified number of cavalry ⓘ
mansabdars to present troops for imperial campaigns ⓘ
rankRange 10 to 5000 in Akbar’s time ⓘ
up to 7000 or more under later Mughals ⓘ
regulatedBy imperial farmans ⓘ
salaryBasis assignment of jagirs ⓘ
cash payments ⓘ
supervisedBy central military administration ⓘ
mir bakhshi ⓘ
termMeaning mansab means rank or office in Persian ⓘ
usedIn Mughal Empire ⓘ
usedTerm mansab ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mughal Empire → administrativeSystem → mansabdari system ⓘ
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri → mainSubject → Mughal administration ⓘ
linked to: mansabdari system
Mir-e Bakhshi → usedSystem → mansabdari system ⓘ
administration of Akbar → characterizedBy → mansabdari system ⓘ
administration of Akbar → introducedSystem → mansabdari system ⓘ
mansabdars → usedIn → Mansabdari system ⓘ
linked to: mansabdari system
Mughal administration → keyInstitution → mansabdari system ⓘ
subahdar → associatedWith → mansabdari system ⓘ
Bakshi → relatedConcept → mansabdari system ⓘ