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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272 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA FARMAN. A formal order issued by Emperor or King. FATWA. An opinion given by a jurist on a question of Islamic Law. FAUIDAR. In 14c., a military officer, corresponding roughly to General of Division, as being directly under the General in chief command. In 16-18c., an officer in charge of the general administration of a portion of a province: ordinarily he was not concerned with the revenue administration, but in 18¢. an officer was occasionally Diwan as well as Faujdar. Faujdari. The post, or the charge, of a Faujdar: from 17c¢., also the general, as distinct from the revenue, adminis- tration; and hence, in later times. criminal. as distinct from civil, jurisdiction. FawAziL (Fawazil). In 13-14c., the surplus-revenue which a provincial Governor had to remit to the Treasury, after defraying sanctioned expenditure. GRAM. Anglicised from Portuguese grao: a pulse (Cicer arietinum). GUMASHTA (Gumashta). An assistant or subordinate. In the Ain, applied to subordinates emploved bv the collector in Reserved land. GunjAYISH (Gunjayish). “Capacity,” “room.” The technical sense is obscure: discussed in Ch. V. sec. 2. HAkmM (Hakim). Not a precise designation, but used to denote any high executive officer, whether Viceroy of a province or Governor of a smaller area. HaQQ (Haqq). In addition to the general senses—right, justice, truth, etc.—denoted in 13-14c., the perquisites allowed to Chiefs, usually in the form of land free from assessment. Haqq-i shirb, a term of Islamic law, denoting the right accruing to a person who provided water for irrigation. HAs. (Hasil). Discussed in App. A. Sometimes used as synonym for Mahsil, denoting either Produce or Demand, according to the context. From 16c., usuallv means Income. as contrasted with Valuation. HAvALl (Havali). Environs; but in 13-14c., havali-i Dehli denoted a definite administrative area west of the Jumna. Hinpu (Hindi). Usually carries the ordinary sense, but in Barni (14c.) restricted to the Hindu rural aristocracy, or classes superior to ordinary peasants.

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