The duty of Fotehdar an important Mughal official in India was to 1 Try civil and revenue cases 2 Ke...........

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The duty of Fotehdar, an important Mughal official in India, was to

1. Try civil and revenue cases

2. Keep the custody of royal treasury

3. Maintain accounts of the income and expenditure of the paraganas

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3 only

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Explanation:

Statement 1: The Amin was in charge of collection of the land revenue and he tried civil and revenue cases as well.
Statement 2: The treasurer was Fotehdar and the entire amount collected was kept in his custody.
Statement 3: Clerks or Karkuns were appointed to maintain duplicate accounts in Hindi and Persian.