Mughal Administration c6.s3: § 3. The chief departments and their heads.

Mughal Administration c6.s3

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§ 3. The chief departments and their heads.

c6.s3.1

The chief departments of the Mughal administration were :—

1. The Exchequer and Revenue (under the High Dīwān.)
2. The Imperial Household (under the Khān-i-sāmān or High Steward.)
3. The military Pay and Accounts Office (under the imperial Bakhshi.)
4. Canon Law, both civil and criminal (under the Chief Qāzi.)
5. Religious endowments and charity (under the Chief Sadar.)
6. Censorship of Public Morals (under the Muhtasib.)

c6.s3.3

Inferior to these, but ranking almost like departments, were :—

c6.s3.4

7. The Artillery (under the Mir Atish or Dārogha-i-topkhānah.) and 8. Intelligence and Posts (under the Dārogha of Dāk chauki.)

c6.s3.5

The innumerable kārkhānahs (i.e., factories and stores), each under a dārogha or superintendent, were not departments. Most of them were under the Khān-i-sāmān.