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# Mughal Administration c5.s3.5

Mughal Administration c5.s3.5

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### [c5.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c5.s3.5)

Now, this was exactly the relation between the \*subahdar\* or provincial governor and the \*diwan\* or revenue chief of the province. A concrete illustration of the official antagonism between the two and their mutual recriminations to their master—for, it was the duty of each, in the words of Prof. Becker, "to keep a strict watch over the other,"—can be found in the account of the History of Orissa in the 17th century, based on contemporary official papers, published in my \*Studies in Aurangzib's Reign\*, xiv §15.

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