Multiple choice

Which of the following leaders recruited foreigners to work in his administration?

  1. Babur

  2. Akbar

  3. Jahangir

  4. Aurangzeb
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Akbar established a highly diverse administration by recruiting foreigners (such as Persians, Central Asians, and Turks) as well as local Hindus (especially Rajputs) into his mansabdari system to prevent any single faction from gaining too much power.

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