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Mir Bakhshi

मीर बख़्शी
said meer BAKH-shee
also written: mir bakhshi, mir-bakshi
Meaning

The head paymaster and military head of the Mughal central administration, who controlled appointments, musters and the mansab rolls.

Literally: chief paymaster

See it in the verse

Mir Bakhshi in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye
A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.
Leadership · Aspiration
Related words
PERSIAN

Bakhshi

The Mughal officer who paid the troops and kept the military muster-rolls; the paymaster-general of the army.

PERSIAN

Diwan

A collected volume of one poet's verse, classically arranged with the ghazals ordered by the last letter of their rhyme.

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