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=== Administrative system ===
The cohesion of the Mughal empire depended on the qualities of the emperor around whom everything revolved. The administration was given entirely at his whim to a hierarchy of subordinate officials. The posts were randomly appointed and the recipients had no specific training or examination as in the Chinese civil service. More often than not they were gained through political manoeuvring and bribery. None of the posts was hereditary making the emperor's favour even more necessary.
==== Vakil ====
The ''Vakil'' was the royal deputy. It was a post filled only twice under the seven great Mughal emperors. Other ranks were in descending order:
At its zenith in the 17th century under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_II Aurangzeb] the empire was divided as follows:
==== Suba ====
The ''Suba'' (province) was the largest unit and there were 29 governed by a ''Subedar'' (governor) - not to be confused the Indian army rank [[Subadar]]. The ''Suba'' was subdivided in two ways - for revenue collection and for militaryadministrationmilitary administration.
==== Sarkar ====
The ''Sarkar'' (tax district) was a revenue subdivision of the ''Suba'' which contained a number of ''Parganas'' (sub-districts). The "Purgunnah" battalions in the [[:Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments|Bengal Native Infantry]] were formed for revenue collecting duty. Sarkar was also a term used to denote the British Indian administration.
==== Thana ====
The ''Thana'' was a sub-divion of the ''Faujdari'' and was overseen by a ''Thanedar''.
=== Remuneration ===
Payment of the ''mansabdars'' by the emperor was by ''naqdi'' (cash) or the revenue of a ''jagir'' (land holding).
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire Mughal Empire] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkar Sarkar] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewan Dewan] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qadi Qazi] Wikipedia<br />
