The Mughal Empire - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Describe the Mansabdari or the Jagirdari system of Mughal India.
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Turkish Nobles, Indian Muslims, Afghans and Rajputs joined the Mughal services as mansabdars. Amansabdar refers to an individual who holds a mansab, meaning a rank or a position used by the Mughals to fix rank, salary and military responsibility of the individual. His military responsibility required him to maintain a specified number of sawar or cavalrymen. His salary was determined by the numerical value ofzat. The higher the numerical value of zat, the higher was his salary and position in court.Mansabdars received their salaries as revenue assignments called Jagirs. They did not actually reside in their Jagirs but appointed servants to collect revenues from the people. They even got paid on the quality of horses that they maintained.
Q2: Which principle of inheritance did Mughal's follow? How was it different from the principle that other communities follow?
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The other communities followed the tradition of Primogeniture under which eldest son inherited all his parent's property and the right to rule, but Mughal's followed the principle of Timurid custom of coparcenary whereby there was a joint heir to an undivided property.
Q3: Define the following terms in one line:-
Akbarnama, Shahinshah, Sulh-i-kul, Mansabdar, Sarkar and Imperial.
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Akbarnama - Biography of Akbar by Abul Fazal
Shahinshah - The Emperor
Sulh-i-kul - Peace & Harmony
Mansabdar - Military Governer
Sarkar- The province under Mughals
Imperial - Pertaining to the emperor.
