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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Title:: Chapter II. The 13th and 14th centuries

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38 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA regulations together, they lend no support to the view which has been occasionally put forward, that Northern India was, at this period and even later, a country of Arcadian sim- plicity; the cash-nexus was well-established throughout the country, there were grain-dealers in the villages as well as in the cities, and we may safely infer that prices were a matter of interest to the peasant at least as far back as the thirteenth century. The result of the changes in the agrarian system introduced by Alauddin, and maintained throughout the rest of his reign, may be summarised as follows f. Delhi and the River Country, together with part of North Rohilkhand, were Reserved (khalisa), and were managed by the Revenue Ministry, through its officials, in direct relations with the peasants. The Demand was fixed at one-half of the produce, assessed by Measurement, and collected, wholly or partly, in grain. There were doubtless some Assignments or Grants in this region, but apparently they were not important. The peasants were restricted in the sale of their surplus produce, the prices of which were fixed by authority. 2. Round this nucleus lay an inner ring of provinces, administered by Governors in direct relations with the peasants, claiming half the produce, assessing by Measure- ment, and—apparently—collecting in cash. There is no record of restrictions in regard to marketing in these regions.! 3. In the outlying provinces, the Governors had not been placed in direct relations with the peasants, and we may assume that they continued to deal largely with the Chiefs: we are not told what was the Demand, how it was assessed, or in what form it was collected; and we can only guess that no change was made in the arrangements previously in force. A glimpse of the position occupied by the Chiefs in this reign is furnished by the story of the birth of King Firiiz, as related by the chronicler Shams Afif (pp. 37 ff.) The ! Grain was ordered to be stored in Milwa, as well as in Delhi, but Barni Soe not say that any restrictions were enforced on the Milwa peasants,

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