OCR GCSE History B · J411
Paper 3
Revise: Court and administrationMansabdars could be paid through assignments of agricultural revenue called jagirs. This meant receiving income from an assigned area, not owning its land. An official’s revenue assignment could be changed, and Akbar could promote, demote or transfer him.
- Revise: Condition of the Empire
An assignment of the right to collect revenue from an area, used to pay a Mughal official and support his troops; it was not outright ownership of the land.