The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c7.s3: Subordinate Establishment

The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c7.s3

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Subordinate Establishment

c7.s3.1

An establishment of farriers, blacksmiths' forges, and surgeons had to be maintained by each *manṣabdār*, according to the following scale (B.M. N°. 1641, fol. 38*b*): —

| RANK OF OFFICER. | NUMBERS OF ESTABLISHMENT. | | |
| | FARRIERS (Na'lband). | BLACKSMITHS' SHOPS (Āhangar). | LEECHES OR SURGEONS (Jarāḥ). |
| 4000 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 3500 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3000 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 2500 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1500 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1000 | 2 | 0 | 1 |

c7.s3.3

Or, according to a more recent scale: —

c7.s3.4

| 1500—4000 | 6 | 3 | 0 |

c7.s3.5

The Mirāt-i-Aḥmadī, ii, 118, states that thirty men on foot were required to be entertained for every 1000 of manṣab rank. These included water-carriers, farriers, pioneers, matchlockmen and bow-men.