•   The system of assignment of revenue of a particular territory to the nobles for their services to the state continued under the Mughals also.

•   Under the Mughals, the areas assigned were generally called Jagir and its holders Jagirdars.

•   In the Mughal times, the jagirdar collected taxes which paid his salary and the rest to the Mughal treasury, while the administration and military authority was given to a separate Mughal appointee.

•   The jagirdar system was introduced by the Delhi Sultanate, and continued during the Mughal Empire, but with few differences.

•   After the collapse of Mughal Empire, the system of jagirs was retained by Marathas, Rajput, Jat, Sikh and Jat kingdoms, and later by the British East India Company.

•   In this system, the collection of the revenues of an estate and the power of governing it were bestowed on an official of the state.

•   In Mughal India, Jagirdars were assigned land in lieu of assigned duties towards the empire such as police, judicial, and military.

•   An iqta (assignment of land) was usually made for life, and the jagir would revert to the state on the death of the holder, though it was possible for the heir to renew it on payment of a fee.

•   Thus in simple words, the Jagirdars during the Mughal period were the all the assignees of the jagirs (estates).

•   The Jagirdar was a feudal class who collected taxes as a form of revenue.

•   After the death of the Jagirdar, the land was seized by the Mughals.

•   The Mughal officers who received land grants (jaigir) were known as jagirdars.

Already Explained in 1980.