Despite the modern times, life being easy and availability of all things, it is difficult to manage expenses in today’s inflation. In today’s time, where even a monthly salary of 50 thousand to 70,000 rupees is not enough, people look for opportunities to double their income. Imagine if this is the situation even after having everything today, then how would people have lived during the Mughal period, when there were not enough means of food and drink to live.
Especially, Mughal kings had to face many challenges to maintain their army. The king used to give some money to his army as salary and also provided necessary goods. So that his army does not face any problem and his army remains strong for the war. In such a situation, do you know how much was the salary of employees and soldiers during the Mughal rule? Let’s know…
Actually, in the Mughal period, employees were called Mansabdar. This was a group which included people of many religions. Afghans, Indian Muslims, Rajputs and Turks were also included in it. All of them had their own work and whoever was needed, was deployed there.
How much salary was received?
If we talk about the salary of soldiers during the Mughal period, then the lower rank soldiers were paid ₹400 per month. The maids posted in the harem were paid ₹1500 per month. The rest of the soldiers and employees were paid monthly according to their rank. Senior soldiers were paid more and officers in the army were paid even more. The highest salary in the army was of the commander, which was different in every state."text-align: justify;">How much salary did Birbal and Jahangir get?
Birbal was one of the nine gems in Akbar’s court. Akbar used to follow Birbal’s every advice and also used to order to implement it, Birbal used to solve any kind of problem in the state easily. In such a situation, Birbal had a special role in Akbar’s court. You will also be surprised to know how much salary Birbal used to get? Birbal used to get 16000 rupees every month during Akbar’s reign. Birbal was one of the highest paid employees in Akbar’s court.
While Akbar’s prince Salim (Jahangir) was given 700 silver coins as salary. Silver coins were given from the salary from the fiscal treasury and the money in the fiscal treasury came from the tax collected from the people of the state. The fiscal treasury was assessed every year during the Mughal rule.
