manṣabdār

manṣabdār

▪ Mughal official
      member of the imperial bureaucracy of the Mughal Empire in India. The manṣabdārs governed the empire and commanded its armies in the emperor's name. Though they were usually aristocrats, they did not form a feudal aristocracy, for neither the offices nor the estates that supported them were hereditary. The system was organized by the emperor Akbar (reigned 1556–1605), who with its help turned a loose military confederation of Muslim nobles into a multiracial bureaucratic empire integrating Muslims and Hindus. The word is of Arabic origin, dār indicating the holder of an office or dignity and manṣab being a rank determined by the command of a specified number of men. There were 33 grades ranging from 10 to 5,000 (the highest for a subject) in a complicated system. For the maintenance of the men, the manṣabdārs received a salary, which Akbar paid in cash but which later emperors met by means of assignments on the revenues. The lands thus assigned were liable to transfer during a manṣabdār's lifetime and were taken back at his death. To pay his way the manṣabdār was allowed advances from the treasury, which at death were recoverable in what amounted to a death duty of 100 percent.

      Manṣabdārs held military commands and civil posts. The system provided an outlet for ambition and ability within the imperial service and formed the framework of the Mughal administration. The manṣabdārs were controlled by their dependence on salaries, by frequent transfer from one appointment to another, and by the diversion of revenue collection direct to the treasury. They had therefore little opportunity to build up either local connections or financial resources for raising private armies. For much of the Mughal period, the manṣabdārs were mostly of foreign origin or extraction, as were 70 percent of them toward the end of Akbar's reign. The remaining 30 percent were divided about equally between Muslims and Hindus, the latter mainly Rājputs.

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