Jagirdars were officials who were granted the right to collect revenue from a specific territory (a jagir) for a temporary period, usually in lieu of salary and for maintaining troops. This assignment was not hereditary. Zamindars, on the other hand, were hereditary proprietors of land, possessing traditional rights over land within their territories, and were responsible for paying revenue to the state, often collecting it from the cultivators. While they did have certain duties, their primary distinction from jagirdars lay in their hereditary status and ownership rights over land, which the jagirdars lacked.