Storia do Mogor 281.1.5

281.1.5

Nevertheless, as it is a favour, and the king knows that the Hazaris, more often than not, are unable to maintain those horsemen on the pay, he allows them to keep up no more than the quarter of the number. He does not look narrowly into this matter; although, in spite of the deficiency, the said Hazaris, the Mansabdars, and the other officers of the army never fail to draw their pay as if they had the full number of horse required. In this manner, the name or title is 'of a thousand,' and they receive pay for a thousand men, while the number they entertain is only two hundred and fifty. Besides the above money which they receive for their horsemen, they are also paid for their personal expenses fifty thousand rupees a year. It is just the same with all the other officers, high and low, in proportion. This may be seen from the figures that I have entered in my Third Part (III. 27). Still, in spite of all this [the false musters], the rank, the merit, and the profits of the Hazaris and the Mansabdars arise chiefly from keeping a large force of cavalry. By acting thus they are more thought of by the king, and more feared by other nobles. From the above springs the fact that there are Hazaris and Mansabdars drawing identical pay, but not keeping up the same number of horse. There are also several of both classes who have the name and title of two, of three, of four, of five, of six, of seven [Hazaris], whose pay is always rising in proportion to the favour they are in.