Medieval India

Paibaqi (पाइबाक़ी)

English

Reserved lands or unassigned revenue territories set aside for distribution as jagirs to Mughal officers.

Historical background

Paibaqi land functioned as a kind of administrative reserve pool within the jagirdari system, giving the Mughal state some flexibility to reward newly promoted or newly arrived nobles without immediately reassigning land already held by existing jagirdars — though as the empire expanded and the mansabdar population grew, available paibaqi land became an increasingly scarce and contested resource.

हिंदी में

मुगल अधिकारियों को जागीर के रूप में बाँटने हेतु आरक्षित अथवा अनाबंटित राजस्व भूमि।

ऐतिहासिक पृष्ठभूमि

पाइबाक़ी भूमि जागीरदारी व्यवस्था के भीतर एक प्रकार के प्रशासनिक आरक्षित पूल के रूप में कार्य करती थी, जो मुगल राज्य को नए सामंतों को पुरस्कृत करने की लचीलापन देती थी।

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