Correct Answer - Option 1 : Akbar
The correct answer is Akbar.
Mansabdari System:
- Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system in his administration.
- The mansab rank was not hereditary.
- All appointments and promotions, as well as dismissals, were directly made by the emperor.
- Mansabdars were paid either in cash or in the form of assignments of areas of land
- Who received pay in cash were known as naqdi
- Those paid through assignments of jagirs were called jagirdars
- The lowest rank was 10 and the highest was 5000 for the nobles
The ranks were divided into two:
- Zat - Zatmeans personal and it fixed the personal status of a person.
- Sawar- Sawar rank indicated the number of cavalrymen of a person