The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c3.25

c3.25

The pay of the *Tābīnān* was drawn by the *manṣabdār*, who was entitled to retain 5 per cent. of their pay for himself (*Āīn*, i, 265). Pay was not always allowed for a whole year; often only for six, five, or four months. This fact renders it impossible to calculate the actual expenditure, for, although we generally can find out whether a *manṣabdār* was first, second, or third class, we rarely know for what number of months in the year his pay was sanctioned.