History · Medieval India
Which of the following statements best describes the 'Month-scale System' (Mahabar system) introduced in the Mansabdari system during Shah Jahan's reign?
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- 1It was a system of branding horses (Dagh) and maintaining descriptive rolls of soldiers to prevent fraud.
- 2It was a system where the salary of a mansabdar was directly proportional to the number of months he served in a battlefield.
- 3It was a policy where the zat rank of a mansabdar was automatically increased after every 12 months of service.
- 4It was a mechanism that adjusted the revenue yield (jama) of a jagir with the actual collection (hasil) by scaling salaries in proportion to months.✓
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It was a mechanism that adjusted the revenue yield (jama) of a jagir with the actual collection (hasil) by scaling salaries in proportion to months.
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