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Officers of the Mughal Empire: Easy to Learn Compilation

Filed Under: Indian History Notes

In India, the Mughal Empire was one of the greatest empires ever. The Mughal Empire ruled hundreds of millions of people. India became united under one rule, and had very prosperous cultural and political years during the Mughal rule.

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

Akbars Nine Jewels

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

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Compiled by: Jishnu J Raju

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  1. Janmejay Kumar says

    November 15, 2016 at 11:25 am

    Abul Rahim translated Baburrnama into Persian not in Turkish. Baburrnama itself was in Turkish.

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    • ClearIAS.com says

      November 15, 2016 at 11:34 am

      @Janmejay: Thanks for pointing out. We have updated the same.

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  2. Shahu Rajdeep says

    December 29, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    sir please make available these notes of subjects and also economic survey in pdf format

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  3. opiam paron says

    January 3, 2017 at 6:33 pm

    I want study materials for upsc exam.2017.sir, could you please send important Indian history books by boo.

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  4. Sevak kotadia says

    April 3, 2017 at 8:47 am

    Very good

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  5. anonymous says

    May 14, 2018 at 4:58 am

    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 .

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  6. Kundan Kumar says

    October 29, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    Helpful Information about Mughal Empire Officers, Good Work. I appreciate.

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