Role of the zamindar in Mughal administration:
(i) Zamindars were local headmen of villages or powerful chieftains appointed by the Mughal
emperor.
(ii) They played a role of source in running of the administration of the Mughals.
(iii) They collected tax on the produce of the peasantry which was the main source of income
available to Mughal rulers.
(iv) In some areas the zamindars exercised a great deal of power and sometimes zamindars and
peasants of the same caste allied in rebelling against Mughal authority.