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who were mansabdars and jagirdars

Those people who joined Mughal service were known as mansabdars.

  • They held a position or rank which denoted their rank, salary and position in court.
  • Mansabdars received revenue assignments as jagirs.
  • They had servants to collect the rents of the jagir.
  • They did not have the right to administer or reside in their jagirs.
  • They were also known as jagirdars.

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A mansabdar can be defined as an individual who holds a mansab, or a position or

rank. A mansabdar was only paid when he maintained his cavalry men and got his horses

branded. The left money further was to be given as salary to his men. The mansabdars

received their salaries as revenues given by the Jagirs. These Jagirs were like iqta.

However the Jagirs did not settle as administrators. They only had the right to collect for

them.

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