244 THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM OF MOSLEM INDIA 
As has been explained in Appendix A, the commonest meaning 
of hdsil is the Income derived by an assignee, as contrasted with 
with the Valuation of his assignment; but the word is also used 
simply as a synonym for mahsil (in the sense of Demand), and 
may be taken here in this meaning, as being an elegant variation 
of the language of the Ain. This passage thus fixes the sense of 
jama and mahsil in paragraph C, but throws no light on fagsimat. 
The parallel passage in the Igbilnama, already quoted in 
part, goes on to tell that Akbar ordered Muzaffar Khan “to 
summon the ganiingos and chaudhris of the parganas to Court, 
and having determined an actual-yield (kal kdsil) in accordance 
with the facts, to determine the jama of the country intelligently, 
equitably, and accurately.” This passage agrees closely with 
the Akbarnama, on which it is obviously based. 
We have then to see what meaning can be assigned to fagsimai-¢ 
mulk, a term for which I have found no parallel in the literature. 
The root QSM points to the idea of dividing the produce, as in 
the phrases gismat-i ghalla, or kharaj-i mugasama. To my mind, 
the only reasonable view is that fagsimdt-i mulk was the office- 
name for the schedules which, as a subsequent clause tells us, 
were taken from the local qaniingos and deposited in the record 
office: each schedule would be headed “ Apportionment (fagsin) 
of Pargana so-and-so,” and the whole file would be called “The 
apportionments of the Empire.” This view explains the awk- 
ward plural of the abstract noun, and makes perfectly good sense. 
It also explains why the phrase is unique; there is no other 
known occasion on which this procedure was followed, and no 
other reference to these particular schedules. which became 
obsolete a few years later. 
I think then that the Ain, having in the preceding paragraphs 
stated the case for reform in both branches of the revenue 
administration, here deals with the reforms in both in a single 
sentence, a process which is justified by the fact that the two, 
though distinct, were closely connected. The stages were:— 
(1) Qaniingos prepared new schedules showing the apportion- 
ment of produce on the lines of Sher Shidh’s schedule, but 
separately for each pargana, instead of a single schedule for 
the whole Empire. These would, by themselves, provide the 
necessary reform in assessment, but not all the materials for 
a new Valuation. 
(2) From these schedules, the Demand (maks#l), or actual- 
vield (hal hasil), of the Empire was calculated or estimated.