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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Appendix H. GLOSSARY. NoTE.—The words explained in this Glossary are given in the simplified spelling used in the text, the precise transliteration being added in brackets where necessary. The numbers, with c. affixed. denote the period. in centuries. ABADI. Carries the general sense of populated and cultivated country, population and cultivation necessarily going together. Used to describe a condition, it is best rendered as “prosperity”: when applied to a process, it denotes “development.” The modern sense, “the village site,” does not occur in the literature. The related word. 2bddani, denotes ‘“‘ development.” ALTAMGHA (Altamghd). Grant-under-seal; a special tenure introduced by Jahangir (vide Ch. V, sec. I). Amir (‘Amil). In 13-15c. an executive official in general. From Akbar’s time onward, has also the specialised meaning of collector of Reserved revenue, as a variant of the official designation ‘amalguzar: in this sense, synonymous with krori. In 18c. used also to denote a Governor, i.e. an officer in charge of the general administration. AMIN. An official designation. Under Sher Shah, probably one of the two chief officials in a pargana (but see under Amir). Under Akbar, an official on the staff of a Viceroy, whose precise duties are not explained. In 17c., a revenue- assessor under the provincial Diwan. May also, apparently. be used in a wider sense to denote an officer’s “deputy” or “assistant.” AMIN-UL MurLk. The designation of Fathulla Shirizi, when appointed by Akbar to control Todar Mal: may be rendered “Imperial Commissioner.” The designation does not recur. AMIR. In 13-14cC., a rank of nobility, inferior to Khin and superior to Malik. In 15c., also a provincial Governor. In Bayley’s version of the T. Shershihi (Elliot, iv.), used for a pargana official, but all the MSS. I have seen have Amin, and I take this to be the correct reading.

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