Mughal Administration c8.s1.1

c8.s1.1

The administrative agency in the provinces of the Mughal Empire was an exact miniature of that of the Central Government. There were the governor (officially styled the *nāzim* and popularly the *subahdār*), the *diwān*, the *bakhshi*, the *qāzi*, the *sadr*, the *buyutāt*, and the censor; but no *Khān-i-sāmān*. These provincial bakhshis were really officers attached to the contingents that accompanied the different subahdars rather than officers of the subahs as geographical units. The practical effect, however, was the same.