The Mughals

They imposed structures of administration and ideas of governance that outlasted their rule, leaving a political legacy that succeeding rulers of the subcontinent could not ignore.

The above statement is about the contributions of the great rulers of India.Name them!!

• Sultans of Delhi

• The British

• Mughals

• The Marathas

The Mughals were descendants of two great lineages of rulers. From their mother’s side they were descendants of Genghis Khan (died 1227), ruler of the Mongol tribes, China and Central Asia. From their father’s side they were the successors of Timur (died 1404), the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern-day __________

• China

• Turkey.

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

The Mughals did not like to be called Mughal or Mongol as

• It was associated with Timur lane

• they did not like the name

• it reminded them of their fatherland Farghana

• Genghis Khan’s memory was associated with the massacre of innumerable people.

Identify this image.

• Taj Mahal

• Red Fort

• Agra Fort

• Humayu's tomb

The Mughals did not believe in the rule of primogeniture, where the eldest son inherited his father’s estate. Instead they followed the Mughal and Timurid custom of coparcenary inheritance whereby 

• Inheritance was equally divided between  all sons and daughters

• the youngest son got all the inheritance

• division of the inheritance amongst all the sons took place. 

• all the above

The ___________ were defeated, however, they were honourably treated by the Mughals, given their lands (watan) back as assignments (watan jagir) . The careful balance between defeating but not humiliating their opponents enabled the Mughals to extend their influence over many kings and chieftains.

• Sisodiya Rajputs

• The Jats

• The Marathas

• The Sikhs

The term mansabdar refers to an individual who holds a mansab, meaning a ___________ .

• Jagir

• Suba

• position or rank

• none of these

Mansabdari was a grading system used by the Mughals to fix (1) rank, (2) salary and (3) _______________

• Number of soldiers

• military responsibilities

• social responsibilities

• diplomatic responsibilities.

Mansabdars received their salaries as revenue assignments called __________ which were somewhat like iqtas.

• jagirs

• suba

• zamindari

• all of these

Which of the following is wrong statement regarding Mansabdari system.

• Unlike muqtis, most mansabdars did not actually reside in or administer their jagirs

• They only had rights to the revenue of their assignments which was collected for them by their servants while the Mansabdars served in some other part of the empire

• In Akbar’s reign these jagirs were carefully assessed so that their revenues were roughly equal to the salary of the mansabdar

• By Aurangzeb’s reign t the actual revenue

  collected was often much more than the granted sum.