The agrarian system of Moslem India

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Identifikator:: 1782637850

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-178813

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Westergaard, Harald http://d-nb.info/gnd/117574163; Nybølle, Hans Cl. http://d-nb.info/gnd/127386696

Title:: Grundzüge der Theorie der Statistik

Edition:: 2., völlig umgearb. Aufl.

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: G. Fischer

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: 640 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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APPENDIX H BarLAnArR. A Hindi word denoting a village menial; discussed in Appendix C. BANJARA. Itinerant grain-merchant: synonym, karavani. BATAI (Batdi). Sharing produce by Division. BiGHA. The ordinary unit of area; its size varied within very wide limits, both by place and by period. BiswA. One-twentieth of a bigha. CHAKLA (Chakla). In 17c., the area of Reserved land placed in charge of an officer denoted chakladir. In 18c.. an ad- ministrative area in Bengal. CHAUDHRI (Chaudhri). The headman of a pargana. CHAUTH (Chauth). The claim, nominally one-fourth of the revenue, made by the Marathas on country which they overran, but did not administer. DAFTAR. A record. Daftarkhina, record office. DAM. Under Akbar, a copper coin, worth about 1/40 rupee, but varying in exchange with the silver price of copper. In 17-18c., a nominal unit (40 to the rupee) in which the Valuation was recorded, and in terms of which salaries were fixed, and Assignments made. DAstOR. Has various general senses, “custom,” *‘ permission,” ““a Minister.” Under Akbar and later, a schedule of assess- ment-rates stated in money; an abbreviation of dastiir-ul amal. Den. A village in the Indian sense, which is nearly that of “civil parish,” that is, a small area recognised as an ad- ministrative unit, not necessarilv inhabited: svnonvms, Mauza, Qariyat. DHARA. A Marathi word, applied in 18c. to Murshid Quli’s schedule of assessment-rates. DuArMA. The Hindu Sacred Law, prescribing the duties of all classes, including kings. and not liable. in theorv. to altera- tion. Diwan, DiwANi. Discussed in Introduction. In 13-I14C., Diwan meant a Ministry. In 16c., (1) the Revenue Minister, 12) a nobleman’s steward. In 17c., (1) a high official in the Revenue Ministry, (2) the provincial Revenue Officer. Diwani in 16c. meant the Revenue Ministry; in 17c. and later the revenue and financial administration as a whole; in 19c., the Civil Courts. DoAB (Di-ab). A region lying between two rivers, especially that between the Ganges and the Jumna (vide Ch. II, sec. 1).

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