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# The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c8.9

The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c8.9

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### [c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c8.9)

| PERIOD. | CAVALRY. | MATCHLOCKMEN AND INFANTRY. | ARTILLERY-MEN. | AUTHORITY. |  
| Akbar | 12,000 | 12,000 | 1000 | Blochmann, i, 246. |  
| Do. | 384,758 | 3,877,557 | — | \*Āīn-i-Akbarī\*.¹ |  
| Shāhjahān | 200,000 | 40,000 | — | { \*Bādshāhnāmah\*, ii, 715; \*Āīn\*, i, 244. |  
| Aurangzeb | 240,000 | 15,000 | — | Bernier. |  
| Do. | 300,000 | 600,000 | — | Catrou. |  
| Mḥd. Shāh | 200,000 | 800,000 | — | { \*Tārīkh-i-Hindī\* of Rustam ʿAlī. |

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