Mansabdari System: Mansabdari System was the bureaucratic | Upsc prelims tricks
Mansabdari System:
Mansabdari System was the bureaucratic administration system of the Mughal Rulers in India.
The bureaucratic administration of Mughals in India was based on a system called Mansabdari System.
You can compare the collectors of the modern era with the Mansabdars of the Mughal era.
However, the functions of Mansabdars not only include civil work but also military work.
It was not hereditary.
All Mansabdars were not similar stature.
They hold different Zat (rank).
Zat — Denote the rank in the administration
Sawar — Denote the number of cavalry men Mansabdar had to maintain.
Smaller mansabdars were called Amir and bigger were called Umra.
Those Mansabdars, who were paid in cash, were called Naqdi.
Those Mansabdars who were paid through land (Jagirs) were called Jagirdars.
It is to be remembered that it is not land that was assigned but only the right to collect revenue or income from the piece of land.
No mansabdar could hold on to the said Jagir for a long term as they were liable for transfer.
Who introduced Mansabdari in India?
The Mansabdar appears to be a Central Asian institution.
Introduced by Akbar in India.
Iqtadari System:
The Delhi Sultanate (The Khalji and the Tughlaq monarchs) too appointed military commanders as governers of territories.
These land were called the Iqta and the landholders were called Iqtadars or the muqti.
Most of the Muqti stayed in their Iqta unlike Jagirdars.
Mansabdari Vs. Iqtadari :
The Iqtadari system was used by the Delhi Sultans, while Mansabdari was used by Mughal rulers.
While Iqtedari system was in force, the whole land of the Empire was divided into two parts -- one which belonged to Iqtedars and the other which belonged to the emperor.
But in Jagirdari, the whole land belonged to the Emperor.
Itqadar was the officer in charge of the revenue collection and distribution.
Jagirdar had law and order responsibility in addition to the revenue collection.
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