HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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military commanders
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provincial governors
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high civil and military officers
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -(which means a role) In the mansabdari system founded by Akbar, the mansabdars were military commanders, high civil and military officers, and provincial governors. Those mansabdars whose rank was one thousand or below were called Amir, while those above 1, 000 were called Amir-al Kabir (Great Amir).
Detailed explanation-2: -The mansabdars were assigned to military responsibilities. For this, they maintained a specified number of sawar or cavalrymen. The mansabdar brought his cavalrymen for review, got them registered, their horses branded and then received money to pay them as salary.
Detailed explanation-3: -Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system in his administration. Under this system, every officer was assigned a rank (Mansab) Lowest rank was 10 and the highest was 5000 for the nobles. Princes of royal blood received even higher ranks.