She was one of the only four members of the court (another was the emperor) and the only woman to have the rank of 12,000 cavalry,[39] and was known to receive a jewel from every nobleman "according to his estate" each year on the occasion of New Year's festival.[35] Like only a few other women at the Mughal court, Mariam-uz-Zamani was granted the right to issue official documents (singularly called farman)