The Constitution of Canada

The agrarian system of Moslem India

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Identifikator:: 1895543282

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-242408

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Munro, Joseph Edwin Crawford http://d-nb.info/gnd/1113111038

Title:: The Constitution of Canada

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1889

Scope:: XXXVI, 356 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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278 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA Tanka. The chief monetary unit, 13-16C. (See Thomas, Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi, where the unit is discussed at length.) TuyOL. An Assignment of revenue, synonymous with Jagir, Iqta. UsHr (‘Ushr). The tithe levied under Islamic law. Ushri denotes country liable to tithe, as opposed to khardji. VaKiL.. In 13-14c., the Vakil-i dar was apparently the highest ceremonial officer at the Delhi Court. In the Mogul period, the Vakil was Prime Minister, and superior to the Vazir; but the post was not always filled, and, when it was vacant, the Vazir was practically Prime Minister. Vazir. In 13-I4c., the Prime Minister, who in practice held charge of the revenue and financial administration. In the Mogul period, when there was a Vakil (¢g.v.), the Vazir was Revenue and Finance Minister, and was sometimes described as Diwan : when there was no Vakil, the Vazir was in charge of general, as well as revenue, administration. Vazirat denotes the post of Vazir. Wari. Lit. “faith,” “reliance,” was used in 14-15C. in the technical sense of the yield of crops (vide App. C.). Wari. Usually a provincial Governor (vide App. B): sometimes the ruler of a foreign country. WaziFa (Wazifa). In Islamic Law, denotes a periodical payment for the occupation of land, and the derived word muwazzaf denotes assessment on occupation, or what I call Contract- holding (vide Ch. V, sec. 3). In the chronicles, Wazifa usually means a charitable or compassionate allowance granted by the King, and paid in cash, as distinguished from a Grant of land or revenue (milk, or madad-i ma‘ash); occasionally it is applied to a Grant of revenue. WiLivaT. Commonly in I3-I4C., a province under a Wali (vide App. B); but may mean also, (1) the kingdom, (2) a tract or region, (3) a foreign country, (4) the home-country of a foreigner. The meaning “province” had practically disappeared in the Mogul period. WiriN. Deserted. Applied to a village which had been aban- doned and was uncultivated. ZaBT (Zabt). Discussed in App. D. In Akbar’s time, the system of assessment by Measurement as then practised. The adjective zabti was used to denote an area where the

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