The Hyderabadi administrative system in the late eighteenth century can be identified as a 'patron-client relationship', because:
AThe Nizam displayed his allegiance to the Mughal Emperor and regularly paid tributes.
BThe local Hindu landowners were subdued by the Nizam and they were forced to pay him tributes.
CThe semi-autonomous rulers of the Hyderabad state were allowed to govern on their own in return for an annual tribute to the Nizam and the Mughals.
DThe Nizam abolished all tributes and ruled directly.
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