Saturday, November 28, 2009

ADMINISTRATION OF THE SARKARS

ADMINISTRATION OF THE SARKARS The Mughal sarkars were equivalent to modern-day districts. Many officials were appointed at this level of administration. Important among them were the following.
(i) Fauzdar He was responsible for maintaining law
and order.
(ii) Amalgujar Amalgujars were appointed for collecting
revenue and looking after other financial matters.
(iii) Kotwal Appointed by the king on the recommen­dation of the Mir-Atish, his main function was to punish the criminals. He also informed the centre about all the happenings within a sarkar.

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