High officials of the Mughal period

Othert Important Facts-

• Administrative System of the Mughals: Central Government
• Introduction of life of Mughal emperor Akbar
• Revolting at Aurangzeb

Under the Mughal Central Government, there were posts of several officers. By whom his rule was governed by the management system. The important high officials of Mughal were the following:

1. Mir Atishish – it was the head of the imperial artillery, it was not the minister. On the recommendation of this, Kotwal was appointed by the center in important cities.
2. Sahib-Taujih – This was an army officer.
3. Diwan-i-Tan – related to salaries and fiefs.
4. Dorda-e-Post Chowki – Intelligence Department.
5. Mir-e-Arya – It was in charge of the applications sent to the king.
6. Mir-e-Bahar – It was the army of the army. Its main task was to take care of the royal boats.
7. Mir-e-Tozak (Mir-e-Tuzuk) – It was an official of Dharmmanthan. Its work
8. Mir-e-Barr – It was superintendent of forest department.
9. Najir-e-Bueyut – it was superintendent of imperial factories.
10. Waqia-Navis – It was a news writer. Who informed the Center from all the news of the state.
11. Intelligence-Navas – It was a secret letter writer. Who secretly provided important news to the center.
12. Permission – To write commands that did not require the emperor’s seal.
13. Raiders – These were both detectives and messengers.
14. Swanidh Niggar – These were news writers.
15. Vitikkhi – Akbar appointed him to write all the events and news of the court in the 19th year of his reign. In addition, it used to prepare the land and rent papers of the provinces. It used to work under Amalgujar.
16. Mushrif- it used to check the income-expenditure audited by the state.
17. Mastoffi (Auditor) – It used to scrutinize the accounts of income-expenditure prepared by Musharraf.
18. Amil-Akbar, after 18 years of his rule, left Gujarat, Bihar and Bengal, in whole of northern India, to recruit a corrupt property earning parasites, which were called Karanis in the public.
19. Musaddi-it looked after the administration of the ports.

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