118 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA 
the rest of the Ain had been definitely closed, because, 
while the title refers to the twelve provinces constituted in 
the 24th year, reference is-made in the preface to three 
others, Berar, Khandesh, and Ahmadnagar, which were 
later acquisitions, and the first two are described in some 
detail. The precise date to which the materials relate is 
thus uncertain, but we can use the account to form a general 
view of the position in the Empire about the 40th regnal 
year. It may be added that the Account was clearly 
edited! by Abul Fazl personally, and that he was working 
on it as late as the 43rd year. 
The revenue-systems in force are stated for most of the 
provinces in precise official terminology; and, where a 
formal statement is wanting, the actual position can usually 
be determined from other information contained in the 
Account. The facts may be summarised as follows. 
The six older provinces, which formed the heart of the 
Empire, MULTAN and LAHORE, DELHI and AGRA, AWADH 
and ALLAHABAD, were mainly, but not entirely, under the 
Regulation system, which has been described in the last 
section. The revenue-Demand was regulated by the 
schedules of cash-rates, to be applied to the area sown in 
each season; and these schedules, which are set out at length 
in the Ain, were, as we have seen, applicable to Assignments 
as well as to the Reserved areas. Certain tracts, however, 
were administered on different lines. The two largest of 
these were the mountainous district of Kumatn in Delhi, 
and a rather vaguely defined region to the South of Allaha- 
bad, described as the district of Bhathghora; these appear 
to have been left entirely in the hands of Chiefs, some of 
whom were practically independent rulers. In the case 
of a few other subdivisions, there are suggestions in the 
statistics? that the same position prevailed, but they form 
in the aggregate only a small proportion of the total area. 
The provinces lying beyond this nucleus show less 
aniformityv., and each must be mentioned separately. On 
1 The opening paragraphs of the description of Malwa (Ain, i. 455), bear 
the mark of Abul Fazl’s pen, and include a personal reminiscence of 
Ujjain in the 43rd year, when the editor visited the city on his wav to the 
Deccan. 
® These suggestions are explained in Appendix G.