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FARMAN. A formal order issued by Emperor or King.
FATWA. An opinion given by a jurist on a question of Islamic
Law.
FAUIDAR. In 14c., a military officer, corresponding roughly to
General of Division, as being directly under the General in
chief command. In 16-18c., an officer in charge of the
general administration of a portion of a province: ordinarily
he was not concerned with the revenue administration, but
in 18¢. an officer was occasionally Diwan as well as Faujdar.
Faujdari. The post, or the charge, of a Faujdar: from
17c¢., also the general, as distinct from the revenue, adminis-
tration; and hence, in later times. criminal. as distinct from
civil, jurisdiction.
FawAziL (Fawazil). In 13-14c., the surplus-revenue which a
provincial Governor had to remit to the Treasury, after
defraying sanctioned expenditure.
GRAM. Anglicised from Portuguese grao: a pulse (Cicer
arietinum).
GUMASHTA (Gumashta). An assistant or subordinate. In the
Ain, applied to subordinates emploved bv the collector in
Reserved land.
GunjAYISH (Gunjayish). “Capacity,” “room.” The technical
sense is obscure: discussed in Ch. V. sec. 2.
HAkmM (Hakim). Not a precise designation, but used to denote
any high executive officer, whether Viceroy of a province
or Governor of a smaller area.
HaQQ (Haqq). In addition to the general senses—right, justice,
truth, etc.—denoted in 13-14c., the perquisites allowed to
Chiefs, usually in the form of land free from assessment.
Haqq-i shirb, a term of Islamic law, denoting the right
accruing to a person who provided water for irrigation.
HAs. (Hasil). Discussed in App. A. Sometimes used as
synonym for Mahsil, denoting either Produce or Demand,
according to the context. From 16c., usuallv means Income.
as contrasted with Valuation.
HAvALl (Havali). Environs; but in 13-14c., havali-i Dehli
denoted a definite administrative area west of the Jumna.
Hinpu (Hindi). Usually carries the ordinary sense, but in
Barni (14c.) restricted to the Hindu rural aristocracy, or
classes superior to ordinary peasants.