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Question
Describe the Mughal Administration under the following headline:
Main Departments of Government
Solution
The highest position below the Emperor was held by the Vizier, but the Exchequer (Finance Department) was in the hands of the Diwan.
Other important departments were:
- The Military Pay and Accounts Office held by Mir Bakshi.
- Imperial Household Department held by Khan-i-Saman.
- The Judiciary under Chief Qazi.
The other Officers, somewhat lower in status-were:
- Daroga-i-Topkhana (head of the artillery)
- The Daroga of the Mint, and
- Mir Arz the officer-incharge of Petitions seeking favour of the Monarch.
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