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This document discusses the iqta and jagir systems used by rulers in India to organize their armies and administrations. The iqta system involved assigning territories to nobles and officials in lieu of salaries or payments from which they were expected to support troops and send surplus revenues to the central government. Over time, these assignments became more permanent and hereditary. Under the Mughals, payment to officials was largely through jagir assignments of land revenues. A large portion of estim
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- me niksy
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- EN