The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c4.s2.35

c4.s2.35

(6) *Pension*. — So far as I have ascertained, there was no pension list, under that express name. No retiring allowances could be claimed as of right. When a man retired from active service, we hear sometimes of his being granted a daily or yearly allowance. Such was the case, for instance, when Niẓām-ul-Mulk in Bahādur Shāh’s reign threw up the whole of his offices and titles, and retired into private life. But the ordinary method of providing for an old servant was to leave him till his death in undisturbed possession of his rank and jāgīr.