However , senior mansabdars were awarded a jagir ( personal fief ) rather than a salary .
Though the mansabdars were usually aristocrats , they did not form a feudal aristocracy , for neither the offices nor the estates that supported them were hereditary .
Senior mansabdars were awarded a jagir ( personal fief ) rather than a salary .
Though the mansabdars were usually aristocrats , they did not form a feudal aristocracy , for neither the offices nor the estates that supported them were hereditary .