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Mir Bakshi was the head of the military and intelligence department. He was not the Commander-in-Chief but was the paymaster-general. All intelligence officers {bands) and news-reporters (Waqia-navis) reported to him.

Sher Shah Suri was born in 1486. He was the founder of Suri Empire in north India with his capital In Delhi. An ethnic Pashtun , Sher Shah took control of the Mughal Empire in 1540.

Muhtasib  looked after the moral development of the subjects. He also checked drinking of liquor, gambling and illicit relations between men and women.

The Sultan was the highest judicial authority in the state and Sher Shah held his court every Wednesday in the evening. Next to him was the chief Qazi who was the head of the department of justice. There were subordinate Qazis in every district and in all important cities.

Sher Shah Suri took steps to issue a large number of new silver coins which, subsequently, became known as dam. Both the silver rupee and copper dam had their halves, quarters, eighths and sixteenths.

Sher Shah built four main highway during his tenure. They were from Sonargaon (near Dacca) via Agra, Delhi and Lahore to the Indus, from Agra to Jodhpur and the fort of Chittor, from Agra to Burhanpur, and from Lahore to Multan. These roads served many purposes, viz., the imperial defence, quick and regular despatch of news, facility of trade and commerce and convenience to the travellers.

The Sadr-us-Sudur was the minister of the department of religion, religious endowment and charity. It was the duty of the chief Sadr (Sadr-us-Sudur) to enforce the Islamic rules and regulations and to look after that the Muslims strictly follow those regulations in their daily life. He also disbursed money in charity and rewarded the learned Muslim divines. He also paid the grants of subsistence allowances to scholars and men of piety.

Humayun was the second Mughal ruler of India who succeeded Babur to become the Mughal Emperor. He ruled over territory in what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India and Bangladesh from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–56. In 1540, he was defeated by Sher Shah Suri who went on to establish the Suri dynasty.

The original name of Sher Shah was Farid Khan. He started the Suri dynasty in 1540 by defeating Humayun. He was one of the greatest administrators of medieval India. He was also widely known as a just ruler as he never differentiated between the rich and the poor.

Sher Shah was known as 'Sultan of fair justice'. He started the Suri dynasty in 1540 by defeating Humayun. He was a just ruler who dispensed justice without any discrimination between the rich and the poor, high or low. He was also one of the greatest administrators of medieval Indian.