Mansab (English spelling)

Japanese: manṣab(英語表記)mansab
Mansab (English spelling)

...The military and bureaucratic system in the Mughal Empire in India. It is said to have been established in the middle of the reign of the third emperor Akbar (1556-1605), from the mid-1570s to the 1590s. Mansab means "rank" in Arabic, and dār is the root of the Persian word dāshtan, meaning "to have," and manṣabdār means someone who holds a rank. In the original system, all those who served the empire, whether military or general bureaucrats, were given mansab (from the lowest rank of 10 to the highest rank of 5,000 as a subordinate) by the emperor, and they were promoted for any achievement they made.

*Some of the glossaries that mention "manṣab" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インドのムガル帝国における軍事・官僚機構。第3代皇帝アクバル時代(1556‐1605)の中期,1570年代半ばから90年代にかけて成立したといわれる。マンサブmanṣabはアラビア語で〈位階〉を意味し,ダールdārは〈持つ〉の意のペルシア語dāshtanの語根で,〈マンサブダールmanṣabdār〉は位階を持つ者の意。当初の制度では,軍人,一般官僚を問わず,帝国に仕える者はすべて,皇帝からマンサブ(最低10位から臣下としての最高5000位まで)を与えられ,なんらかの功績のあるごとに昇進していくしくみとなっていた。…

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