The Journal Of The Bihar And Orissa Research Society

The salaries of the Mughal governors represented their total cost to the state and a part of it returned to the state in the excess of the value of the presents governors made to the emperor over the gifts which they received from him. [...] The list of Auranzeb's Mansabdars is far from complete.' The increase in the number of Mansabdars in the reigns of Akbar's successors can partly be attribted to the expansion of the empire under them. [...] Under Jahangir we find a Superintendent of Stalls holding the rank of a l000er.1 A Superintendent of the Farrash Khana did even better and was made a wooer.° A Superintendent of Goldsmiths was also a i000er3 whereas the Bakhshi of Dar Khana was a 15 ooer.4 A wrestler was given a Mansab in the eleventh years and we find a story-teller holding the rank of a zooer.° A librarian held the rank of a 15 [...] A Superintendent of Maids in Kam Bakhsh's palace was a 3ooer in 1703.4 A physician in the palace of Queen Udaipur Begum was a i5oer.5 Bakhshis Mir-i-Samans Diwans Sadrs Diwai-Bayutats Superintendents of the Palace Superitendent of the Diwan Khana Daroghas of Charities and Mir-i-Tuzk of Princes and other members of the imperial family are spoken of in the News Letters of the period as [...] The emperor usually acted on the recommendation of the leaders of military expeditions the governors of the provinces and the high court officials.