IGNOU HISTORY Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams

History India From 8th to Mid 15th Century

Mughal Administration: Central,Provincial and Local

Structure

14.0 Objectives
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Administration Under Sher Shah
14.3 Central Administration : Its Evolution
14.3.1 The Emperor
14.3.2 Wakil and Wazir
14.3.3 Dlwanl Kul
14.3.4 MLr Bakhshl
14.3.5 MLr Saman
14.3.6 Sadr-us Sudur
14.4 Provincial Administration
14.4.1 Provincial Governor
14.4.2 Dlwan
14.4.3 Bakhshl
14.4.4 Darogha-I Dak and the Secret Services
14.5 Local Administration
14.5.1 Sarkara
14.5.2 Pargana Administration
14.6 Town and Port Administration
14.6.1 Kotwal
14.6.2 Qll'adar
14.6.3 Port Administration
14.7 Nature of Mughal Adminiswation
14.8 Let Us Sum Up
14.9 Key Words
14.10 Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises

14.0 OBJECTIVES

This unit would acquaint you with rhe overall working of the Mughal polity. After
going through the Unit you will learn about:
the evolution of the Mughal administrative structure;
the major administrative departments at the central level;
the principal provincial officers, their duties and responsibilities;
the administrative setup at the local level and its linkage with the central authority;
some basic features of town and port administration.

14.1 INTRODUCTION

The basic objective of the Mughal administrative setup was to exercise conwl over the
different parts of the Empire so that recalcitrant elements challenging the Mughal
sovereignty could be checked. You will appreciate the difficulties if you could visualise
that each part of the Mughal Empire was inhabited by diverse set of people over whom
their respective rulers or dominant chieftains exerted considerable influence. The
ingenuity of the Mughal polity lies in the fact that it not only incorporated these
refrectory rulers and chieftains into its administrative setup but also enrolled them into
military service. The logical corollary of sustaining the huge administration was to 

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