What are the Main Features of mansabdari system

The king himself appointed the mansabdars. He could enhance the mansab, lower it or remove it. 

 A mansabdar could be asked to perform any civil or military service.

There were 33 categories of the mansabdars. The lowest mansabdar commanded 10 soldiers and the highest 10,000 soldiers. Only the princes of the royal family and most important Rajput rulers were given a mansab of 10,000.

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What are the Main Features of mansabdari system

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Sometimes a mansabdar was paid his salary in cash also. Other source of income of mansabdar was grant of jagirs.

The salary due to the soldiers was added to the personal salary of the mansabdar. At times, for paying salaries to soldiers, a jagir was given to him. But the revenue was realised by officers and necessary adjustments made.

The mansabdari system was not hereditary.

In addition to meeting his personal expenses, the mansabdar had to maintain out of his salary a stipulated quota of horses, elephants, camels, mules and carts. A mansabdar holding a rank of 5,000 had to maintain 340 horses, 100 elephants, 400 camels, 100 mules and 160 carts.

Handsome salaries were paid to a mansabdar. A mansabdar with a rank of 5,000 got a salary of 30,000 rupees per month, one of 3,000 could get 17,000 rupees, while a mansabdar of 1,000 got 8,200 rupees.

The horses were classified into six categories and the elephants into five.

For every ten cavalry men, the mansabdar had to maintain twenty horses for horses that had to be provided rest while on a march and replacements were necessary in times of war.

A record was kept of the description (‘huliya’) of each horseman under a mansabdar and branding (‘dag’) of horses to prevent corruption.

The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly by the state and placed under the charge of mansabadars were known as Dakhili