The agrarian system of Moslem India

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Identifikator:: 1804119261

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

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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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98 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA Empire was in the hands of assignees. Some previous writers on the subject (including myself) have interpreted the decision taken by Akbar in the 18th year as showing that he disliked the Assignment-system, and determined to do without it; but, the facts summarised above render this interpretation improbable. It is possible that, for the time being, he was disgusted with the system, and tried to find an alternative, but, if so, five years’ experience of the alternative sufficed to convince him; it is, I think, more probable that his action amounted only to a suspension of the system until adequate data could be collected for a really serviceable Valuation, and that: he restored it as soon as the necessary experience had been gained. What- ever view! may be taken on this question, the fact remains that, from the 25th year onward, the Assignment again became a normal feature of the agrarian system of the Em- pire as a whole, and it retained this position until the end of the seventeenth century. It has been said above that an assignee was permitted to realise only his sanctioned Income, and was required to account to the treasury for any sums which he might collect in excess. I have not, however, found any important references to this topic during Akbar’s reign, and discussion of it may be postponed until a later period, when the evidence is more extensive. It is possible that the practice of recovery developed gradually as an alternative to fre- quent revisions of the Valuation, but on this point I have found no information; all that can be said is that there is no subsequent record of any general re-Valuation such as took place in the 24th vear. Before leaving the subject, a few words may be said re- garding the distinction between service Assignments (in- cluding rewards), and the various Grants and endowments which in the records of the period are grouped under the term swuyd@rghal. In practice. the distinction was one 1 The passage in the Akbarnama (iii. 117) which describes the emergency goes on to say that, first, the Emperor took the country under direct administration. The word ‘first’ (nukhustin) may have been intended to denote that the measure was merely a preliminary to further action, but I can ind no ‘‘second’’ in the context.

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