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Mansabdars received their salaries in cash.

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The above statement is false.
Mansabdars were paid through revenue assignments known as jagirs. While mansabdars served in different regions of the empire, they were only permitted to collect the revenue from their jagirs. In addition, unlike muqtis, all mansabdars employed slaves to collect income from their jagirs when they served in another region of the empire. A mansabdar's pay during Akbar's reign was roughly equivalent to the money The Mughal Empire received from his jagir. A monetary value called zat was used to determine the mansabdar's rank and pay.
The correct statement would be that the mansabdars received their salaries in jagirs.

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