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 273 HINDUSTAN (Hindistin). In I3-14c., the country lying East or South of the centre of Moslem power; in 14c., usually the country beyond the Ganges: from 16c.. India North of the Narbada. [JARA. 16-18c., a Farm of revenue. The Farmer is usually Ijaradar; also Mustijir. [NAM (In‘dm). A reward. Applied specially to gifts made by the King, whether in the form of a sum of money, or a stipend paid in cash, or a Grant of revenue, In 17c,, commonly a Grant of revenue made to a high officer as a supplement to his Assignment. [TA (Iqt3‘). An Assignment of revenue: synonyms, Jagir, Tuyil. In 13-14c., also a Province, vide App. B. [QTADAR (Iqta‘dir). Holder of an Assignment. (Not used in the sense of Governor of a Province. who was designated Mugqti.) JAGIR. An Assignment of revenue. Synonyms, Iqta, Tuyil. JaMA (In Arabic, Jam‘, in Urdu, usually Jama‘). Aggregate. Discussed in App. A. (1) In accounts, the credit-side. 2) In Revenue, either Demand or Valuation, according to the context. The phrase 1ama-i dahsdla is discussed in App. E. JARIB. A land measure; also, the measuring instrument. In I6c., used to denote assessment by Measurement, as synonym of Paimaish. Jiziva. The personal tax imposed by Islamic law on non- Moslem subjects. JowAR. A millet. (Andropogon sorghum.) KARAVANIYAN. Used by Barni to denote the itinerant grain- merchants, usually called Banjaras. KARKUN. Literally, agent or deputy. From 16c., usually means clerk, writer. The same meaning is appropriate in Ome I3-I4C. passages, but they are too few to show with certainty whether the word had become specialised bv that period. KuALisA (Khilisa). Land Reserved for the State, as opposed to land Assigned or Granted to individuals. KHARAJ (Kharij). Discussed in App. A. The tribute imposed by Islamic Law on non-Moslems permitted to remain in bccupation of conquered land: in India, revenue-Demand. Khariji denotes country liable to Kharaj, as distinguished from country paving tithe (Ushr).

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