The "jagirdar" system was introduced by the Delhi Sultanate, and continued during the Mughal Empire, but with a difference. In the Mughal times, the "jagirdar" collected taxes which paid his salary and the rest to the Mughal treasury, while the administration and military authority was given to a separate Mughal appointee. After the collapse of Mughal Empire, the system of "jagirs" was retained by Rajput, Yadav, Jat, Saini and Sikh jat kingdoms, and later in a form by the British East India Company.