[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 190.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 190.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 190.1 - **Language:** English ### [190.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.1) His Majesty, in his care for the nation, confers benefits on people of various classes; and in the higher wisdom which God has conferred upon him, he considers doing so an act of divine worship. His Majesty, from his desire to promote rank distinctions, confers lands and subsistence allowances on the following four classes of men, first, on enquirers after wisdom, who have withdrawn from all worldly occupation, and make no difference between night and daytime in searching after true knowledge; secondly, on such as toil and practise self-denial, and while engaged in the struggle with the selfish passions of human nature, have renounced the society of men; thirdly, on such as are weak and poor, and have no strength for enquiry; fourthly, on honorable men of gentle birth who from want of knowledge, are unable to provide for themselves by taking up a trade. Subsistence allowances, paid in cash, are called Wazifah; lands conferred are called Milk, or Madad i ma’ásh. In this way, krors are given away, and yet the grants are daily increasing in number. - [Previous: 189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.189) - [Next: 190.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.2) - [Up: 190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.1) · Pramāṇa