The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c15.18

c15.18

*Matchlockmen, Rates of pay.* The following table shows the rates of pay for the various classes of the matchlockmen; it may be presumed, perhaps, that the mounted men were in the position of officers, or were perhaps what we should call mounted infantry. First we have the pay of the regular matchlockmen (*Bandūqchī-i-jangī* or *Tufang-chī*) who were either Baksariyahs or Bundelahs. Of these some drew rates of pay specially fixed, and entered in the official diary at the time when they were entertained (*hukmī*). The usual rates, which every one else got, were as follows: