Departments under the Mughal Empire
Important Departments |
Functions |
Diwan-i-Wazarat |
Department of revenue & finances |
Diwan-i-Arz |
Military department |
Diwan-i-Rasalatmuhtasib |
Foreign affairs department |
Diwan-i-insha |
Custodian of govt. papers |
Diwan-i-quza |
Justice department |
Diwan-i-Barid |
Intelligence department |
Diwan-i-Saman |
Department in charge of royal household |
Akbar’s nine Jewels or Nav-Ratnas
Name |
Work |
Abdul Rahim |
Translation of Babarnama into Persian; accorded Khan-i-Khanan title by Akbar. |
Abul Fazl |
Akbarnama & Ain-i-Akbari |
Birbal (Mahesh Dass) |
Witty advisor |
Faizi |
Translated Leelawati into Persian |
Hamim Humam |
Chief of royal school (pathashala) |
Raja Man Singh |
Rajput general; aided emperor in Battle of Haldighati & against Afghans |
Sheikh Mubarak |
The Brain behind Mahzar |
Tansen |
Singer; known as Sangeet Samrat |
Todar Mal |
Expertise in Land revenue, which was adopted by Akbar & Sher Shah |
Officers of the Mughal Empire (Centre)
Central Officers |
Functions |
Wazir |
Head of revenue department; but reduced power as compared to Sultanate |
Diwan |
Responsible for all income and expenditure; control over Khalisa & Jagir |
Mir Bakshi |
Headed military department, nobility, information and intelligence agencies |
Mir Saman |
Incharge of imperial households (Karkhanas) |
Diwan-i-Bayutat |
Maintained roads, govt. buildings |
Mir Manshi |
Royal correspondence |
Sadr-us-Sadr |
Incharge of charitable & religious endowments |
Qazi-ul-Quzat |
Head of judicial department |
Muhtasib |
Censor of public morals |
Mushrif-i-Mumalik |
Accountant general |
Mustauf-i-Mumalik |
Auditor general |
Daroga-i-dak-chauki |
Officer in charge of imperial post |
Mir-i-arz |
Officer in charge of petition |
Waqia Navis |
News reporters |
Officers of the Mughal Empire (Province)
Officer: Provincial Level |
Functions |
Sipahsalar |
The Head executive |
Diwan |
Incharge of revenue department |
Bakshi |
Incharge of military department |
Sadr |
Incharge of judicial department |
Officers of the Mughal Empire (District)
Officer: District (Sarkar) level |
Functions |
Fauzdar |
Administrative Head |
Amal/Amalguzar |
Revenue collection |
Kotwal |
Maintenance of law & order; trial of criminal cases; price regulation |
Officers of the Mughal Empire (Pargana)
Officer: Pargana |
Functions |
Shiqdar |
Administrative head; combined fauzdar & kotwal |
Amin, Quanungo |
Revenue officials |
Officers of the Mughal Empire (Village)
Officer: Village |
Functions |
Muqaddam |
Headman |
Patwari |
Accountant |
CHowkidar |
Watchman |
Compare, Connect and Learn Faster: Indian Political History
- Officers of the Mughal Empire: Easy to Learn Compilation
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Compiled by: Jishnu J Raju
Abul Rahim translated Baburrnama into Persian not in Turkish. Baburrnama itself was in Turkish.
@Janmejay: Thanks for pointing out. We have updated the same.
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Very good
plz try to add the pdf form of the above pages this makes easy for any aspirant to maintain a consolidated, crisp and single location for all the important topics .
Helpful Information about Mughal Empire Officers, Good Work. I appreciate.
Royal household in charge
It is correct or not
to what designation can we compare with an ias officer?
Indeed great effort.
Thankyou Sir