History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2020 History
Passage
The Timariots, governors and revenue contractors on their part reason in this manner. Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds? And why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children. Let us draw from the soil all the money we can, though the peasant should starve or abscond, and we should leave it, when commanded to quit, a dreary wilderness.
By 'Timariots', the traveller refers to which of the following Mughal officials?
AMansabdar
BJagirdar ✓ Correct
CIjaradar
DSubadar
Correct answer: (B) Jagirdar — By Timariots the traveller refers to the Jagirdar, so the answer is Jagirdar.
Explanation
★By Timariots the traveller refers to the Jagirdar, so the answer is Jagirdar.
★The term Timariot comes from the Ottoman timar, a revenue assignment.
★Bernier used it for the holder of a similar Mughal assignment.
★This was the Jagirdar, who held a jagir, an assignment of revenue.
★The frequent transfer of jagirs made jagirdars exploit the land while they held it.
★So by Timariots Bernier refers to the Jagirdar.
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