mansabdars

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Mansabdars were members of the Mughal Empire’s military-bureaucratic nobility who held ranked offices tied to land revenue and cavalry obligations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
mansabdars canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal administrative rank-holder ⓘ
land-revenue official ⓘ
military-bureaucratic nobility ⓘ
affectedBy Mughal fiscal crisis ⓘ
over-assignment of jagirs ⓘ
appointedBy imperial farman ⓘ
associatedWith imperial court at Agra ⓘ
imperial court at Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Mughal court
cannot treat jagirs as hereditary property in principle ⓘ
contributedTo centralization of Mughal power ⓘ
couldBe both military and civil officers simultaneously ⓘ
declinedAfter late 17th century ⓘ
flourishedUnder Akbar ⓘ
Aurangzeb ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
hasEtymology Persian word 'mansab' meaning rank or office ⓘ
hasFunction civil administration ⓘ
military command ⓘ
revenue collection supervision ⓘ
higherRankIndicates greater status ⓘ
higher income ⓘ
larger military responsibility ⓘ
influenced later South Asian military-bureaucratic structures ⓘ
introducedBy Emperor Akbar ⓘ
linked to: Akbar
languageOfRecord Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
linkedTo jagir system ⓘ
obligedToMaintain cavalrymen ⓘ
equipment for troops ⓘ
horses ⓘ
paidBy cash salary ⓘ
jagir assignments ⓘ
partOf Mughal Empire ⓘ
rankExpressedAs sawar ⓘ
zat ⓘ
rankRange 10 to 10,000 or more in zat ⓘ
recordedIn Ain-i-Akbari ⓘ
linked to: Ain-i Akbari
recruitedFrom Afghan nobles ⓘ
Indian Muslim elites ⓘ
Irani nobles ⓘ
Rajput chiefs ⓘ
linked to: Rajputs

Turani nobles ⓘ
sawarIndicates cavalry obligations ⓘ
subjectTo branding of horses (dagh system) ⓘ
periodic inspection of troops ⓘ
subordinateTo Mughal emperor ⓘ
central Mughal bureaucracy ⓘ
usedIn Mansabdari system ⓘ
linked to: mansabdari system
zatIndicates personal rank of the officer ⓘ

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

Mughal culture → hasEliteClass → mansabdars ⓘ