Mughal Administration c9.s5.3

c9.s5.3

This pressure passed from the top to the bottom, though it was unintentional and its real effects were not fully realized by the head of the State. The Emperors, without meaning it, squeezed the subahdars and the subahdars did so to the zamindars ; the provincial diwan had to gratify the High Diwan and therefore he had to squeeze the subordinate collectors of the revenue ; and these men at the bottom of the official ladder squeezed the ryots.