Mughal administration (historical)

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The Mughal administration was the centralized imperial governance system of the Mughal Empire in South Asia, characterized by a hierarchical bureaucracy, land-revenue-based fiscal structure, and integration of diverse regional elites under imperial authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial administrative system ⓘ
aim integration of conquered territories ⓘ
maintenance of imperial order ⓘ
maximization of land revenue ⓘ
appliesTo Mughal Empire ⓘ
basedOn Persianate administrative traditions ⓘ
characteristic combination of military and civil offices ⓘ
patrimonial-bureaucratic structure ⓘ
personal loyalty to emperor ⓘ
use of revenue assignments instead of fixed salaries ⓘ
codifiedUnder Akbar ⓘ
corePrinciple bureaucratic hierarchy ⓘ
centralization of authority ⓘ
integration of diverse regional elites ⓘ
land-revenue-based fiscal structure ⓘ
declineFactor fiscal strain from prolonged warfare ⓘ
growing autonomy of provincial governors ⓘ
jagirdari crisis in late 17th century ⓘ
documentedIn Ain-i-Akbari ⓘ
linked to: Ain-i Akbari

Akbarnama ⓘ
Maasir-i-Alamgiri ⓘ
linked to: Alamgirnama

Padshahnama ⓘ
eliteGroup Afghan nobles ⓘ
Deccani nobles ⓘ
Hindustani nobles ⓘ
Irani nobles ⓘ
Rajput chiefs ⓘ
Turani nobles ⓘ
fiscalBasis land revenue ⓘ
fiscalInstrument customs duties ⓘ
dahsala system ⓘ
jizya tax (intermittent) ⓘ
octroi and transit dues ⓘ
zabt system ⓘ
headedBy Mughal emperor ⓘ
highestOffice emperor ⓘ
influenced administration of successor states in 18th-century India ⓘ
early British East India Company administration in India ⓘ
influencedBy Delhi Sultanate administration ⓘ
Timurid administrative practices ⓘ
keyInstitution diwani revenue administration ⓘ
imperial court ⓘ
imperial mint ⓘ
jagirdari system ⓘ
mansabdari system ⓘ
military-bureaucratic nobility ⓘ
qazi courts ⓘ
royal chancery ⓘ
sadr office for religious endowments ⓘ
keyOffice amalguzar ⓘ
diwan-i-kul ⓘ
faujdar ⓘ
kotwal ⓘ
mansabdar ⓘ
mir bakshi ⓘ
linked to: Mir Bakshi

patwari ⓘ
qanungo ⓘ
qazi-ul-quzat ⓘ
linked to: Qazi-ul-Quzat

sadr-us-sudur ⓘ
linked to: Sadr-us-Sudur

subahdar ⓘ
wazir ⓘ
linked to: Wazir
languageOfRecord Persian ⓘ
legalFramework Islamic law (sharia) ⓘ
linked to: Sharia

imperial regulations (zawabit) ⓘ
notableReformer Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ⓘ
Mir Jumla II ⓘ
Raja Todar Mal ⓘ
reformedBy Akbar ⓘ
Aurangzeb ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
territorialUnit pargana ⓘ
sarkar ⓘ
subah ⓘ
village ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century to 18th century ⓘ

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Khadki → governedBy → Mughal administration (historical) ⓘ
Mughal Subah of Allahabad → partOf → Mughal imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Mughal Subah of Delhi → hasGovernmentType → Mughal provincial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Zulfiqar Khan → government → Mughal imperial administration ⓘ
subject linked to: Mughal general Zulfiqar Khan
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Maratha administration → influencedBy → Mughal revenue system ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Mir Bakshi → partOf → Mughal central administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Raja Todar Mal → associatedWith → Mughal administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Mir-e Bakhshi → partOf → Mughal imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Wali Nimat Begum → sphereOfInfluence → Mughal imperial diplomacy ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Noor Jahan → involvedIn → Mughal imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Kayastha → associatedWith → Mughal administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
sadr → partOf → Mughal administrative system ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Mughal Subah of Deccan → partOf → Mughal imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
subahdar → partOf → Mughal provincial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
subahdar → associatedWith → Mughal military administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Maktab Khana → usedBy → Mughal administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Mughal Subah of Ajmer → partOf → Mughal North Indian provincial system ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Battle of Anandpur (1700) → opposedBy → Aurangzeb’s Mughal administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Hill Rajas → alliedWith → Aurangzeb’s Mughal administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)
Bakshi → partOf → Mughal imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mughal administration (historical)