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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274 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA KuARiF (Kharif). The rains season, and the crops grown in it. KuipMaTI (Khidmati). A present given by an inferior to a superior. Kur (Khiit). Discussed in App. C. Used only bv Barni, to denote Chiefs. Kuwija (Khwija). Usually an honorific title. In 13c, designation of an officer on the staff of a province. whose functions are not clearly indicated. KroH. A measure of distance, about 1} miles. Kror. Ten millions (roo lakhs). KRrOrRi. In 16¢., the popular designation of the collector of Reserved revenue, known officially as ‘Amalguzar. In 17c., used officially in this sense, and also to denote the collector employed by an Assignee. LAkH. One hundred thousand. MADAD-I Ma‘AsH. A Grant of land for subsistence. MaHAL (Mahal). Under Akbar, a revenue-subdivision, corre- sponding usually, but not invariably, with pargana; and occasionally applied also to a head of miscellaneous revenue. The modern form, mahal, does not appear before 18c. MansOL (Mahsiil). Discussed in App. A. May mean, according to the context, either Produce or Demand; and, in 16c. official documents, also the average-Produce calculated for assessment-purposes. MAL. Discussed in App. A. General sense, property or posses- sions. In agrarian matters usually means Demand, but sometimes has the wider sense of revenue-administration. In the Army, denoted booty taken in war. MALIK. In 13-14c., a rank of nobility, inferior to Amir. Later. an honorific title used more vaguely. MArik. Carries the general idea of sovereignty or dominion. In Islamic law, applied to an occupant of land, and used in one of Aurangzeb’s farmins to denote a peasant. Milikina, in the British period, denotes an allowance made to a landholder, or claimant, excluded from possession. MasAHAT (Masihat), Measurement, Survey. In 14c., denoted the process of assessment by Measurement, which in later times was called Jarib, or Paimaish. MisHA. An Indian weight, equal to 15 grains. MAuND. Anglicised form of Mann, a unit of weight containing go ser. The size of the unit varied with both time and locality

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