The Mansabdari System, introduced by Akbar in 1571, was mainly a system of __________.
Military Administration
The Mansabdari system was an administrative grading structure introduced by Akbar to organise the Mughal nobility and army.
Every officer (mansabdar) held a rank called a mansab, expressed in two numbers — zat, which fixed his personal status and pay, and sawar, which fixed the number of cavalry troopers he had to maintain for the emperor.
Because the ranks primarily determined each noble's military obligation and standing in the service, the system was essentially one of military (and civil) administration, not land revenue, justice, or religion (the land-revenue reform of Akbar was the separate Zabti/Dahsala system of Todar Mal).
Hence, the Mansabdari System was mainly a system of military administration.
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