(i) Saadat Khan was powerful governor of Awadh with zat rank 6,000.
(ii) Murshid Quli Khan was powerful ~overnor of Bengal with zat rank 7,000.
(iii)Asaf [ah was powerful governor of Hyderabad with zat rank 7,000.

i) The Mughal Emperor Jahangir looked upon the Sikh communiry as a potential threat and he ordered the execution of Guru Arjan in 1606. The Sikh movement began to get politicised in the 17th century, a development that culminated in the institution of the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. The community of the Sikhs, called the Khalsa panth, became a political entity.
ii) He emphasised the worship of one God.
iii) He laid stress on the importance of right belief and worship, honest living and helping others.

Burhan-ul-Mulk tried to reduce Mughal influence in the Awadh region by taking the following steps
(i) He reduced the number of office holders (Jagirdars) appointed by the Mughals.
(ii) He reduced the size of Jagirs and appointed his own loyal servants to vacant positions.
(iii) The accounts of Jagirdars were checked to prevent cheating and the revenues of all districts were re-assessed by officials appointed by the Nawab's court

Marathas wanted to expand beyond the Deccan because of the following reasons
(i) They wanted to reduce the authority of the Mughal Empire. Maratha king wanted to be recognised as the overlord of the entire Deccan Plateau.
(ii) To possess the right to collect chauth and sardeshmukhi in the entire region.

The common features of the three states are
(i) Though many of the larger states were established by erstwhile Mughal nobles, they were highly suspicious of some of the administrative systems that they had inherited, specially the Jagirdari system
(ii) All the three regimes contracted with revenue farmers for the collection of revenue rather than relying upon the officers of the state.
(iii) The third common feature in these three states was their emerging relationship with rich bankers and merchants. These people lent money to revenue farmers, received land as security and collected taxes from these lands through their own agents.

The three states Awadh, Bengal and Hyderabad had certain common features:
(i) They were all established by the Mughal nobles, They were highly suspicious of some of the administrative system that they had interested in particular, the jagirdari system.
(ii) Their methods of tax collection were different. Rather than relying upon the officers of the state all three regimes contracted with revenue farmers for the collection of revenue.
(iii) All these states had relationship with the bankers and the moneylenders. These people lent money to revenue farmers, received land as security and collected taxes from these lands through their own agents.