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How did the Mansabdars receive their salaries?    

Answer:

Mansabdars received their salaries as revenue assignments called jagirs.

(i) They were just like iqtas.

(ii) Most of the mansabdars did not actually reside in or administer their jagirs.

(iii) They only had rights to the revenue of their assignments which was collected for them by their servants.

(iv) Mansabdars themselves served in some other parts of the country.