202 Measurement—Under—continued Aurangzeb, 124, 135, 137 Farid Khan, 69 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, 40-1 Lodi dynasty, 67 Sher Shah, 73, 74, 75, 77 Various regions Deccan, 185-6, 257 Twelve Provinces, 250ff. Udaipur-Mewar, 13 Meerut Province, 23 Mehendy Ally Khan, quoted, 171%. Merchants, professional, 13th cen- tury, 37 &#. Methwold, W., quoted, 187 Mewat, 23, 37; under Bibur, 79 Milk, explained, g9n., 275 Minhaj-ul-Sirdj, 282; quoted, pas sim; estimated, 26 Mogul Empire, agrarian history of, 8211. Moira, Lord, quoted, 149 Monghyr District, statistics of, 260 Mongols on frontier, 13th Century, 24, 31, 35 Moslem period, agrarian system in, 14ff.,, summary of, 62, 201ff. Assignments in: summary of, 205-6 Muhammad Tughlaq, King of Delhi, 23, 43; reign of, 45f., authorities for, 435. 280, 281 Agrarian policy of, 46 Centralizing attempted, 46 Assessments under, 46ff. Assignments under, 51-2 Attitude of, to Islamic Law, 2c Capital transferred by, 48, 40 Character of, 45-6 Development policy of, 49-50 Farming under, 46, 47, 52 in the Deccan, 181 Reserved Land under, 48ff. River country desolated under, 48 sqq., 65, 208 Valuation under, 52 Muhdasaba, see Audit and Recovery Multin, Province of, 24 Demand in, temp. Sher Shah, 75 Under Akbar, 82, 118, 235 Direct administration in, 96 Regulation system in, 181 Statistics of, 259 Mugaddam, see Headman Mugasama tenure, 140, 275 Mugti, 216ff., 275 Muaqgti‘s. term discussed. 74. 275 INDEX Murshid Quli Khan, career of, 184 Revenue system of, in the Deccan. 17, 184ff. Mushahada, 275; discussed, 232 Mutdlaba, 275; discussed, 211 Mutasarrif, 230, 275 Muwaffiran, 227, 230 Muwazzaf =wazifa tenure (¢.v.), 140 Muzaffar Khan, 85, 86, 96, 104, 105, 2431. Mysore, Revenue system in. 188-a NARADA, quoted, 3#., 57. Nasaq (see also Group-assessment) 85, 234ff., 275, in Bengal, 120, 196 Berar, 121, 181 Gujarat, 121 Khandesh, 121, 187 Orissa, 121 Nineteen Year, 4in discussed, 83ff. Niziamuddin Ahmad, 282, quoted, passim Nuniz, quoted, 12%. Nizdahsdla. see Nineteen Year Ain OFFICIAL misconduct under Akbar, 101, 103 Alauddin Khalji, 35 Muhammad Tughlag, 50 Orders of Aurangzeb, see under Aurangzeb Orissa, Position of, under Akbar, 121, 122: statistics of, 259 Oudh, see also Awadh Chiefs in, Mogul period, 123 Struggle for territory, 153 Traditional histories of, 174-5 Landholders of (Taluqdars), 174, 175 Ownership of Land, see under Agricultural Land Pahikasht, explained, 161 Paimdish =Measurement, 226, 235, 275 Pilamau, Valuation in, 214, 267-8 Pargana —aggregate of villages, 18-19 Pargana-accountant, see Qandngo, 19, 34, 69, 271 Pargana~headman, g, 19, 34, 69, 271 Pargana-officials, 19 Patta, explained, 71, 164, 192 Pattidars, see Brotherhood Patwari. see Village Accountant