The Institutes of Akbar 190.4

190.4

Again, when His Majesty discovered that the Qázís were in the habit of taking bribes from the grant-holders, he resolved, with the view of obtaining God’s favour, to place no further reliance on these men [the Qázís], who wear a turban as a sign of respectability, but are bad at heart, and who wear long sleeves, but fall short in sense. He examined into the whole matter, and dismissed all Qázís, except those who had been appointed during the Çadrship of Sultán Khwájah. The Írání and Túrání women also were convicted of fraud, and the order was passed that every excess of land above one hundred bíg’hahs held by them, should be enquired into, whether it was correctly held or not. During the Çadrship of ’Azaduddaulah [Mír Fathullah of Shíráz] the following order was given:—If any one held a Sayúrghál together with a partner, and the farmán contained no reference to the share possessed by each partner, the Çadr should, in the event of one of the partners dying, proceed without further enquiry to a division, the share of the deceased partner lapsing to the Crown and remaining domain land, till the heirs should personally apply to His Majesty. The new Çadr was at the same time prevented from granting, without previous reference to His Majesty, more than fifteen bíg’hahs.