Description
We may take the Mughal nobility to signify the class of persons wno as high officers of the Emoire constituted the higher rungs in the political hierarchy. These officers comprised both civil bureaucrats and military commanders. Their personal status was officially fixed by their ranks (mansabs) granted by the Emperor. By Aurangzeb's time the term umara* (plural of amir, 'comander,, noble') was applied to officers holding mangabs of 1000 zat and above.
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