The agrarian system of Moslem India

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Identifikator:: 1804119261

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-188010

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Moreland, William Harrison http://d-nb.info/gnd/172263670

Title:: The agrarian system of Moslem India

Edition:: 2. ed. Reissue (d. Ausg. Cambridge) 1929; [Reprint]

Place of publication:: Delhi

Publisher:: Oriental Books, Munshiram Manoharlal

Year of publication:: 1968

Scope:: XVII, 296 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter III. The Sayyid and Afghan dynasties

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Chapter IV. The Reign of Akbar (1556-1605) [ INTRODUCTORY THE suggestion which was made in the last chapter, of a measure of administrative continuity throughout periods of violent political change, applies to the first episode of Mogul rule (1526-1540). There is nothing in the literature to indicate that either Babur or Humayiin made any altera- tions in the agrarian system of northern India, and the few references I have traced to the subject suggest that they accepted what they found. We read of Babur distributing Assignments among his followers very shortly after the battle of Panipat,! and his own summary account of the kingdom? must have been based on Indian records, for it notes that Mewat had not been administered by his pre- decessor, while the statement that 8 or g krors, out of the total of 52, related to ‘‘parganas of Rais and Rajas, who, as obedient from of old, receive allowance and maintenance’ is definite evidence of continuity. Humayiin® confirmed the Assignments which had been given by his father, and we hear of his granting new Assignments in Bengal and elsewhere; Khondamir’s account of the reconstruction of the central administration, though it mentions revenue- business as being placed in charge of one of the four Ministers, suggests no change in the actual work of the Ministry; and [ have found no single passage to indicate any material alteration in the arrangements. The few months in 1555-6 which constituted the second portion of Humaytiin’s reign obviously afforded no opportunity for the introduction of a ! Gulbadan, 11b. t Baburnama, 520. The figures given by Babur are described in the Persian version as jama (idem, App. P., liv.), and possibly he was quoting the Valuation which was in force at the time of his conquest: jama is the regular term for Valuation. 3 Gulbadan. 20b, 158. Elliot, v. 123, 141. ~~

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