Most Hindus like Akbar over Aurangzeb for his multi-ethnic court where Hindus were favored. Historian Shri Sharma states that while Emperor Akbar had 14 Hindu Mansabdars (high officials) in his court, Aurangzeb actually had 148 Hindu high officials in his court. (Ref: Mughal Government) But this fact is somewhat less known. It does not require much intelligence to understand the difference between 14 and 148. But when truth is hostage to bigotry, facts are substituted for fiction, 148 may appear to be smaller than 14 to disingenuous historians, and that is an unfortunate reality we face.
RE:AURANGZEB - GREAT EMPEROR OF INDIA
by Secular Indian on Mar 16, 2007 03:15 AM Permalink
The mansabdars were simply administrators because there weren't enough educated Muslims to do the job. They had to be given titles so that they could be paid as the Mughal administration was a military one. Secondly they were the link between the administration and the taxable population that provided the revenue to the Mughals.
