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Q39 (IAS/1998) History & Culture › Medieval India › Medieval warfare and army Answer Verified

Consider the following statements : Ahadis were those troopers who I. offered their services singly. II. did not attach themselves to any chief. III. had the emperor as their immediate colonel. IV. attached themselves to Mirzas. Of these statements :

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Ahadis were imperial household troopers recruited individually and distinct from mansabdar contingents; they offered their services singly and were not attached to any provincial chief but remained directly under the emperor’s command. As part of the emperor’s personal force they served as his immediate cavalry contingent, effectively making the emperor their direct colonel rather than any intermediary noble or jagirdar [1]. These features distinguish Ahadis from typical mansabdari levies, who were tied to jagirs or mansabdars and could be transferred; Ahadis formed a separate, directly controlled element of the Mughal military household responsible for the sovereign’s immediate security and campaign needs [1].

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  1. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Mughal_Empire
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