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Mughal Age — HISTORY STD 11 Arts — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ArtsHISTORYMughal Age5 Marks
Question
Explain the rule of Mughal era.
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Answer

The Mughal$-$era regime was of the autocratic monarchy type.
  • The emperor was the supreme ruler of the kingdom.
  • He was the head of the administration, the army, the legislature and the judiciary.
  • The king's words were the same law and his decision was the order of justice.
  • The emperor had a cabinet$-$like mechanism to assist in governance.
  • The Mughal rulers enjoyed unlimited and absolute power.
  • Mostly respecting the laws of Quran$-$e$-$Sharif and Hadith.
  • The justice of the Mughal rulers was famous.
  • The Mughal emperors set up divisions to administer the empire.
  • Each department of the central administration and its head was the supreme emperor
  • At the center were departments and officials such as Wazir or Diwan, Khan Saman, Mir Bakshi, Sadr$-$us$-$Sadur, Qazi$-$ul$-$Qazat, Muhtasib, Pir Atis and Daroga Artillery.
  • The empire had $21$ provinces.
  • The head of the province was called "Subedar" or "Nazim".
  • The "Nazim" kept bureaucrats under his authority like the center.
  • The smallest unit from the province was the "government" then the last unit of pargana and administration was the village.
  • Military rule was important.
  • The practice of mansabdari was adopted in Akbar's army.
  • The rule of the Mughal era is as follows:
    Sr.No Unit Officers
    $1.$ Central government $(1)$ Wazir $(2)$ Diwan $(3)$ Mir Bakshi $(4)$ Muhtasib $(5)$ Khan Saman $(6)$ Sadra$-$us$-$Sadur $(7)$ Daroga$-$e$-$Dakchowki $(8)$ Mir$-$e$-$Atash $(9)$ Daroga .
    $2.$ Provincial government $(1)$ Subedar $(2)$ Dewan $(3)$ Bakshi $(4)$ Hodap $(5)$ Sadra $(6)$ Qazi.
    $3.$ Government $($District$)$ $(1)$ Fajdar $(2)$ Amil $(3)$ Bitikchi $(4)$ Fotedar $(5)$ Qazi.
    $4.$ Parganas $($Talukas$)$ $(1)$ Shikdar $(2)$ Kami $(3)$ Amil $(4)$ Fotdar $(5)$ Kanunango $(6)$ Patwari $(7)$ Mukadam.
    $5.$ Rural $(1)$ Kanunango $(2)$ Chaudhary $(3)$ Khut.

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