Here is your short essay on Adil Shahi

The administrative set-up in the Bijapur kingdom was on the same pattern as in its sister sultanate of Ahmadnagar. These states had inherited the traditions of the parent state, the Bahmanis. The sultan was the head of the administration and enjoyed unfettered powers.

He was assisted by a number of senior officers such as the vakil, the vazir, the peshwa, amir- i-jumla, sarsilehdar, sar-i-naubat, amir-ul-umara, chief naik-vadi and the chitnis. All these officers were in charge of their respective departments known as diwans. These officers along-with the sultan constituted the central establishment or the rakhtakhanas who issued orders on behalf of the central government.

Each of them had been assigned certain parganas as jagirs which they administered. They thus functioned both as agents of the central government as well as the chief administrators of the parganas allotted to them.

The highest office under the sultan was that of the chief minister, vakil, vazir or sometimes the peshwa held that pre-eminent position. It seems that vakil retained that status under the early sultans.

However, during the time of the later sultans, vazir attained the position of a chief minister. The office of the peshwa never became permanent. Sometimes even the office of the amir-i-jumla was equated with that of the vakil.

The country was divided into subas or provinces which were administered by governors. Sometimes a governor appointed a deputy to act in his place. The provinces were divided into districts which were further parcelled out into talukas, prant or desh.

The chief revenue collector was mokasadar. His appointment was originally for a short period but later on this officer held office not only during his life time but was also succeeded by his son. He supervised the work of the regular government agent, the amil.

Bijapur had a larger number of Hindu officers than any other Muslim state in the Deccan. They held high posts in civil and military departments. Some of them were granted jagirs.

Some of the prominent Hindu officers were Chandrarav More of Javli, Naik Nimbalkar of Phaltan, Jhungar Rav Ghatge of Malvadi, Daphale of Jath, Mane of Mhasvad and Ghorpade of Kapsi.