The Institutes of Akbar 160.2.p4

160.2.p4

Of Non-Commissioned officers a Mírdahah is mentioned; vide note 1, p. 116. The pay of a Mírdahah of matchlock-bearers varied from 7½ to 6½ R. per mensem. Common matchlock-bearers received from 6½ to 2½ R. As they were standing (household) troops, Abulfazl has put them into the first Book of this work (Aíns 36 to 40); and generally, the reader will have to bear in mind that the second book, relating to the army, treats chiefly of the contingents of the Manṣabdárs.
Badáoní, in the above extract, p. 243, speaks of a Libás i sipáhí, or soldier’s uniform (armour?).
The distinctions conferred by the emperor on the Manṣabdárs consisted in certain flags (vide p. 50, l. 6, from below), and the gharyál or gong (vide in the beginning of the Fourth Book, Áín i Gharyál).