The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c9.s5.t2.48

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²⁴ Pelsaert, p.64. Some important ladies of royalty probably had their pay fixed on the lines of Mansabdars. William Hawkins, writing about 1611, says that the mother of the King, Mariyam Zamani, got an allowance of the *Mansab* of 12,000 (*Travels in India*, Edited by William Foster, London, 1921, pp.98-99). It is computed that the *Jagirs* of Nur Jahan, spread all over the country, would have conferred on her the title of a commander of 30,000 (Blochmann, *Ain*, I, p.574). It is doubtful if any ladies of nobles got an allowance from the Court, but it was natural for the Umara themselves to fix monthly stipends for their favourite wives and concubines.