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Question
Describe the Mughal Administration under the following headline:
Main Departments of Government
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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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