‘The Mughal Administrative System was a military rule by nature and was centralized despotism.’ Comment.

[McGregor]

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[McGregor]

Mughal Administration was based upon Divine theory of kinship where the King was supreme in the governance process. 

The structure of the administration was hierarchic, centralized, top down and rigid. For e.g. the Mansabdari system was civil cum ,ilitary bureaucracy which was allotted Jagirs based upon their ranks and were held accountable by the king for governance of respective Mansabs. 

There was no concept of public accountbility and they suffered from dependency syndrome upon the state which highlights the despotic nature of state

The state was more a police state with development efforts more as a charity than an olbigation. There was absence of concept of welfare and people were treated as subjects without adequate rights. 

There was no Rule of law or tenes of constitutionalism thereby promoting autocratic tendencies wherein people had no progressive rights. 

The king was the law and shadow of allah and any disrespect to him was considered as blasphemous inviting death penalty. moreover there was no organized judiciary or separation of power.

Thus overall Mughal administration was centralized and despotic with some elements of benevolet despotism during the reign of Akbar, Jahangir etc.