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udhunagar
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Cl
ass:
VII HistoryLesson-4TheMughal Empi
re
Fai
rnotebookquest
ions

I
.Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions.
1.Whatwer
ether
elat
ionshi
psbet
weent
heMansabdarandt
heJagi
r?
Rel
ati
onshi
pbet
weent
heMansabdarandt
heJagi
r:
*Mansabdar
swer
ethosewhoj
oinedmughal
ser
vice.
*Jagi
rswer
ethesal
ari
esoft
hemansabdar
sint
hef
orm ofr
evenue
assi
gnment
s.
*I
tmeansmansabdar
srecei
vedj
agi
rsast
hei
rsal
ari
es.Hence,
mansabdar
sdependeduponj
agi
rsf
ort
hei
rli
vel
i
hood.
2.Gi
veanaccountofAkbarNamaandAi
n–I
-Akbar
i.
*Abul
Fazl
,oneofAkbar
’scl
osef
ri
endsandcour
ti
ers,
wrot
eat
hree
v
olumehi
stor
yoft
her
eignofAkbar
.Itwast
it
ledasAkbarNama.
*Thef
ir
stv
olumedeal
twi
thAkbar
’sancest
ors.
*Thesecondv
olumer
ecor
dedt
heev
ent
sofAkbar
’sr
eign.
*Thethirdvolumedeal
twi
thAi
n-i
-Akbari
.Itdeal
tswithAkbar’
s
admi
nist
rat
ion,househol
dar
my,t
herevenuesandt hegeographyofhi
s
empi
re.
3.Whower
emansabdar
s?Whatwer
ethei
rresponsi
bil
i
ties?
*TheMughal
srecr
uit
eddiv
ersebodi
esofpeopl
einordertor
unt
he
empi
resmoothl
y.Thosewhojoi
nedmughalser
vicewereenrol
l
edas
mansabdar
s.
*Theter
m mansabdarr
efer
redt
oani
ndi
vi
dual
hol
dingamansab,
meaningaposit
ionorr
ank.
*I
twasagr
adi
ngsy
stem usedbyt
hemughal
stof
ixr
ank,
sal
aryand
mi
l
itar
yresponsi
bil
i
ties.
*Themansabdar
swereassi
gnedtomil
it
aryresponsi
bil
i
ties.Fort
his
t
heymai
ntai
nedaspeci
fi
ednumberofsowarorcavalr
ymen.
*Themansabdarbr
oughthi
scaval
rymenforr
evi
ew,gott
hem
regist
eredt
hei
rhorsesbr
andedandthenrecei
vedmoneyt
opaythem as
salary.
4.Whatdoy ouknowaboutt
heMughal
rel
ati
onswi
thot
herr
uler
s
especi
all
ytheRajput
s?
*Whenthemughalbecamepower
ful,
manyot herrul
ersj
oinedthem
wi
ll
ingl
y.Ther
eweresever
alRaj
put
swhomar r
iedt
heirdaught
ersint
o
mughalfamil
i
esi
nordertogai
nahighposi
tion.
*Att
hesametime,t
heSi
sodi
yaRaj
put
sref
usedt
oacceptmughal
aut
hori
tyf
oralongt
ime.
*Whentheygotdef
eat,
theMughal
sdi
dnott
reatt
hem badl
y.They
honour
edthem bygi
vi
ngthei
rlands.
*TheMughalsneverhumil
i
atedtheiropponent
sev ent
houghthey
def
eatedthem.Thisuni
quequal
ityofthei
r’
senabledthem t
oextendthei
r
i
nfl
uenceov ermanyki
ngsandchieft
ains.