Question

Answer the following question briefly:

Why is Sher Shah known as a-good administrator?

Answer 1

Sher Shah known as a good administrator because of following reasons:

1. Sher Shah divided his empire into provinces (sarkars).
2. Each province had a governor with his team of officials to carry out the administrative duties.
3. A province was divided into a number of districts called parganas. Each pargana was made up of a number of villages. The village was the lowest administrative unit.
4. The two top officials in a pargana were shiqdar-i-shiqdaran and munsif-i-munsifan. The shiqdar handled law and order. The munsif took care of the revenue collection and other civil matters.
5. The panchayat looked after village administration.
6. The two main officials in a village were patwari (revenue collector) and muqaddam in charge of law and order.