Mughal Administration c6.s4.1

c6.s4.1

'Wazir'* in the Mughal empire meant the prime-minister. It was an honorific title, without necessarily implying the charge of any particular branch of the administration. He was, no doubt, always the head of the revenue department, but it was in his capacity of *diwān*. All *diwāns*, however, were not wazirs, and we read of no Hindu *diwān* being given the high title of wazir. In Akbar's reign, however, the prime-minister was designated as *wakil*, while the finance minister was called *wazir*; there were also a *diwān-i-kul*, and *diwāns* of *jagir*, of *buyutāt*, and of charitable grants (*sadāt*). [*Ain.* i. 260-268.]