However, in other periods the muqaddams "were prosperous enough to ride on costly Arabi and Iraqi horses, wear fine clothes, and behave like members of the upper classes". Over time, muqaddams and chowdhurys took on the characteristics of landed gentry in their respective localities, with some even attaining the status of Zamindars during the Mughal period. Muqaddams could be dispossessed of their status by the state.
This occurred at different times when muqaddams "were affluent enough to ride on expensive Arabi and Iraqi horses, wear luxurious clothes, and behave like members of the upper classes". As a result, muqaddams and chowdhurys developed the characteristics of landed nobility in their respective areas, with some even attaining the status of Zamindars during the Mughal period. Muqaddams could be deprived of their status by the government.