Historical background of District Administration in Pakistan
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: The district administration has its origin in the Muslim revenue system established by Sher Shah Suri (1529-45). He divided his empire into 47 divisions or Sarkar , which were subdivided into 113,000 Parganas . He established an office of revenue at sarkar and Parganas . In the broad sense, Deputy Commissioner was the descendent of Faujdar of the Mughal administration (Mughal kings did not change the administrative structure established by Sher Shah Suri). The Mughal Empire was divided into provinces ( sub-as ) and districts ( sarkar ). The provinces were headed by a governor who was responsible for law & order and revenue collection. The district ( sarkar ) was subdivided into Parganas ; which was headed by shiqdar who was responsible for law & order and general administration. The Mughal had no functionary at the village level, but Muqaddam use to perform revenue funct...
Comments
Post a Comment