The income from land revenue is very important to the stability of the Mughal Empire as: It was used for extension of empire, wars, etc. Income is used to pay salaries/wages to army, bureaucrats, artisans and workers. The administrative expenditure is dealt by this income.
The Mughals were descendants of two great lineages of rulers. From their mother’s side they were descendants of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol tribes. From their father’s side they were the successors of Timur, the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern-day Turkey. However, the Mughals did not like to be called Mongol because Mongol’s …
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In the 1570’s at Fatehpur Sikri Akbar started discussions on religion with people of different faiths. There were ulemas, Brahmanas, Jesuit Catholic priests and Zoroastrians. These discussions took place in Ibadat Khana. These were about social and religious customs. These interactions made him realise that religious scholars are bigots. They emphasize rituals and dogma. Their …
Zamtndars were powerful local chieftains appointed by the Mughal rulers. They exercised great influence and power. They collected taxes from the peasants and gave them to the Mughal emperor. Thus, they played the role of intermediaries. In some areas the zamindars became more powerful. The exploitation by Mughal administrators made them to rebellion. They got support …
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Relationship between the mansabdar and the jagir: Mansabdars were those who joined Mughal service. Jagirs were the salaries of the mansabdars in the form of revenue assignments. It means mansabdars received jagirs as their salaries. Hence, mansabdars depended upon jagirs for their livelihood.
Panipat, Lahore, Delhi, Agra, Mathura, Amber, Ajmer, Fatehpur Sikri, Chittor, Ranthambhore and Allahabad.
Due to the Naval Mutiny, Britain decided to leave India in a hurry because they were afraid that if the mutiny spread to the army and police, there would be large scale killing of Britishers all over India.Hence Britain decided to transfer power at the earliest.
Genghis Khan himself was technically not ethnic Han, but he and mainly his successors saw themselves as legitimate Chinese emperors by establishing the Yuan Dynasty. He was also on official record as the founder or Taizu 太祖 of Yuan.
The Mughals took great pride in their ancestry. They claimed to be descended from both the 14th-century Turkic warlord Tīmūr (Tamerlane) and the even more formidable Mongol conqueror Genghis (Chingiz) Khan
Marathas After the death of Aurangzeb, Marathas defeated the Mughals in Delhi and Bhopal, and extended their empire up to Peshawar by 1758.
