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'''Tehwildar'''s in the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] court, were the female financial officers assigned to the [[zenana]].<br />
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The majority of the consolidation of Mughal court etiquette occurred under the reign of Emperor [[Akbar]]. Differing accounts of the size of his [[harem]] range anywhere from 300 to 5,000 wives.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Lal|first1=Ruby|title=Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|isbn=0521850223|pages=153–155, 166}}</ref> Residing within the zenana were also eunuchs, concubines, members of the royal household, servants, and entertainers, all of which comprised a massive community within itself.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lal|first1=K.S.|title=The Mughal Harem|date=1988|publisher=Aditya Prakashan|location=New Delhi|isbn=8185179034|pages=42–43, 52}}</ref> As such, the necessity for organizing the administration of zenana life led to the creation of several official posts within the harem.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Ain-i-Akbari|last=|first=|date=1977|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|year=|isbn=|location=New Delhi|pages=45–47|oclc=49638448|via=|last1=Abu 'l-Fazl Allami|first1=Tr. H. Blochman|editor1-last=Phillot|editor1-first=Lieut. Colonel D.C}}</ref><br />
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Among these positions was the Tehwildar. Described as the "lady accounts officer and cashier to whom all officials, including [[daroghas]], had to apply for their salaries," she was responsible for all of the financial transactions related to the zenana and its residents.<ref name=":0" /> The disbursement of salaries may have been the primary responsibility of the cash-keeper.<ref>{{cite book|title=Women in Mughal India|last=|first=|date=1967|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|year=|isbn=|location=New Delhi|page=78|pages=|oclc=568760006|via=|last1=Misra|first1=Rekha}}</ref> However, other duties included the administration of allowances to the royal women. All requests of funds were first sent to the Tehwildar for approval. She then wrote a memorandum to the applicant who approved her official document. Afterward the [[Divan|treasury minister]] would release the funds in cash.{{cn|date=October 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Zenana]]<br />
*[[Mughal Harem]]<br />
*[[Darogha]]<br />
*[[Mahaldar]]<br />
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