[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) › 190.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 190.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 190.3 - **Language:** English ### [190.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.3) His Majesty then ordered that they should get lands on one spot, which they might choose. This order proved beneficial for both parties. The officers of the government, on receiving this order, told off certain villages for this purpose: those who were weak were protected, and the encroachments of the unprincipled were put a stop to. But when Time, according to his custom, commenced to tear the veil of secrets, rumours also regarding this Çadr \[’Abdunnabí\] came to the ears of His Majesty. An order was therefore given that all those who held more than five hundred bíg’hahs should lay their farmáns personally before His Majesty, and in default, should lose their lands. As, however, the practices of these grant-holders did not come up to the wise counsels of His Majesty, the order was passed, that the excess of all lands above one hundred bíg’hahs, if left unspecified in the farmáns, should be reduced to two-fifths of it, three-fifths of the excess being annexed to the domain lands. Írání and Túrání women alone were excepted from this rule. As it was reported that impudent, avaricious people used to leave their old grounds, and take possession of new places, it was ordered that every one who should leave his place, should lose one-fourth of his lands and receive a new grant. - [Previous: 190.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.2) - [Next: 190.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.4) - [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.190.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.3) · Pramāṇa