Which of the following statements about the Mughal mansabdari system is/are correct? Statement I. A mansab indicated both the rank (zat) and salary of a noble. Statement II. Every mansabdar was required to reside personally in the jagir whose revenue he drew.
Only I
Only I is correct.
Statement I is correct: under Akbar's mansabdari system every officer held a mansab (rank). The zat rank fixed his personal status and salary, while the sawar rank fixed the number of cavalrymen he had to maintain.
Statement II is incorrect: mansabdars were usually paid through jagirs (assignments of land revenue), but they did not live in or administer those jagirs. They served wherever the emperor posted them, jagirs were transferred frequently, and their agents collected the revenue.
Hence only Statement I is correct.
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