在[[莫臥兒帝國]]時期,扎明達爾屬於貴族,並組成了統治階級<ref>{{cite book |last=Metcalf |first=Barbara Daly |date=1984 |title=Moral conduct and authority: the place of adab in South Asian Islam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5-vzVq8hdkC&pg=PA269 |publisher=University of California Press |page=269}}</ref>。[[阿克巴]]皇帝授予他們曼沙卜的頭銜,他們的祖先被視為賈吉爾,即為國家徵稅的封主<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservearticles.com/2011103016233/give-an-account-of-the-ruling-classes-of-mughal-empire.html|title=Give an account of the Ruling Classes of Mughal Empire|first=Shreya|last=Acharya|date=|website=www.preservearticles.com|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521201142/http://www.preservearticles.com/2011103016233/give-an-account-of-the-ruling-classes-of-mughal-empire.html|archivedate=2013-05-21|accessdate=2019-02-09}}</ref>。在英國殖民統治下,鞏固了所謂的扎明達爾制度。英國人承認其王公贵族身份,以换取扎明达尔的支持。印度的許多土地都是由他們控制。然而,英國人也減少了許多前殖民地貴族的土地所有權,將他們的地位從以前較高級別的貴族降級為地主。
在[[莫臥兒帝國]]時期,扎明達爾屬於貴族,並組成了統治階級<ref>{{cite book |last=Metcalf |first=Barbara Daly |date=1984 |title=Moral conduct and authority: the place of adab in South Asian Islam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5-vzVq8hdkC&pg=PA269 |publisher=University of California Press |page=269 |access-date=2019-02-09 |archive-date=2019-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915020733/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5-vzVq8hdkC&pg=PA269 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。[[阿克巴]]皇帝授予他們曼沙卜的頭銜,他們的祖先被視為賈吉爾,即為國家徵稅的封主<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservearticles.com/2011103016233/give-an-account-of-the-ruling-classes-of-mughal-empire.html|title=Give an account of the Ruling Classes of Mughal Empire|first=Shreya|last=Acharya|date=|website=www.preservearticles.com|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521201142/http://www.preservearticles.com/2011103016233/give-an-account-of-the-ruling-classes-of-mughal-empire.html|archivedate=2013-05-21|accessdate=2019-02-09}}</ref>。在英國殖民統治下,鞏固了所謂的扎明達爾制度。英國人承認其王公贵族身份,以换取扎明达尔的支持。印度的許多土地都是由他們控制。然而,英國人也減少了許多前殖民地貴族的土地所有權,將他們的地位從以前較高級別的貴族降級為地主。
扎明达尔制度在1950年[[東巴基斯坦]](今[[孟加拉國]])土地改革期間廢除,印度于1951年废除<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gktoday.in/blog/abolition-of-zamindari-in-india/|title=Abolition of Zamindari in India - General Knowledge Today|author=|date=|website=www.gktoday.in|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130035711/http://www.gktoday.in/blog/abolition-of-zamindari-in-india/|archivedate=2016-11-30|accessdate=2019-02-09}}</ref>,[[西巴基斯坦]]于1959年废除<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/570487|title=Land reforms in Pakistan|first=From the|last=Newspaper|date=2010-10-11|website=dawn.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130024141/http://www.dawn.com/news/570487|archivedate=2016-11-30}}</ref>。
扎明达尔制度在1950年[[東巴基斯坦]](今[[孟加拉國]])土地改革期間廢除,印度于1951年废除<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gktoday.in/blog/abolition-of-zamindari-in-india/|title=Abolition of Zamindari in India - General Knowledge Today|author=|date=|website=www.gktoday.in|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130035711/http://www.gktoday.in/blog/abolition-of-zamindari-in-india/|archivedate=2016-11-30|accessdate=2019-02-09}}</ref>,[[西巴基斯坦]]于1959年废除<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/570487|title=Land reforms in Pakistan|first=From the|last=Newspaper|date=2010-10-11|website=dawn.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130024141/http://www.dawn.com/news/570487|archivedate=2016-11-30}}</ref>。