[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) › 191.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 191.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 191.1 - **Language:** English ### [191.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.191.1) In this Áín—one of the most interesting in the whole work—the Chagatai word suyúrghál is translated by the Arabic madad ul ma’ásh, in Persian madad i ma’ásh, for which we often find in MSS. madad o ma’ásh. The latter term signifies ‘assistance of livelihood,’ and, like its equivalent milk, or property, it denotes lands given for benevolent purposes, as specified by Abulfazl. Such lands were hereditary, and differ for this reason from jágír or tuyúl lands, which were conferred, for a specified time, on Mançabdárs in lieu of salaries. - [Previous: 190.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.190.5) - [Next: 191.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.191.2) - [Up: 191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.191) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.191.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.191.1) · Pramāṇa