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.

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Title:: Chapter III. The Sayyid and Afghan dynasties

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104 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA qualities of obstinacy, ill-temper, and vindictiveness; and we must also remember that, apart from his eminence as revenue administrator, he was a consistently successful Commander in the field. As such, he was frequently called away from the Ministry for military duty, and between the 19th and 26th years he had very little to do with its activities. In the 18th year he was sent to Bihar, and then to Bengal. A temporary arrangement was made at this time, under which his staff in the Ministry was not to be changed, and his policy was to be carried out; so we may infer that he was in fact responsible for the original collectors, though he was not actually in charge at the time of their appoint- ment. He returned to the Ministry in the 2oth year, but was almost immediately sent back to Bengal, and the charge of the Ministry then fell to Khwaja Shah Mansi. From Bengal the Raja went to Gujarat, and then, in the 22nd year, we find him and Shah Mansiir working together in the Ministry; but there was clearly friction, and Muzaffar Khan, the former Chief Minister, was recalled to Court, apparently to moderate between them, for they were ordered to work “in consultation with” him. Next year Todar Mal went on special duty to the Punjab, and, when Muzaffar Khan left Court, Shih Mansiir remained sole Revenue Minister, in which capacity he was serving in the 24th year; Akbar had intended that the reforms of that year should be introduced by the two Ministers jointly, but, again, he found it necessary to send Todar Mal to Bengal. where he remained until the 26th year. During this interval a bitter quarrel broke out between the Raja and Shih Mansiir, and the latter was imprisoned pending enquiry into his conduct. He was reinstated shortly afterwards; but, in the last days of the 25th year, he was executed on a charge of treasonable correspondence with the enemy. Next year Todar Mal returned to the Ministry, and in the 27th year reached the zenith of his career, being practically Chief Minister of the Empire. While holding this position, he wrote the first of the two documents which we have to examine, a set of proposals 1 Akbarnama, iii." 861, Maasirulumra, ii. 123 ff. The summary which follows of Todar Mal’s employment is based on Akbarnama, iii. 8o, 1 58, 104, 207, 214, 215, 248. 250, 265, 282, 316, 327, 372. 381. 403, and 457.

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