[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 4.5.5 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 4.5.5 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 4.5.5 - **Language:** English ### [4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.5.5) In the first place, a large quantity is melted, re-melted, and wasted, in fabricating women's bracelets, both for the hands and feet, chains, ear-rings, nose and finger rings, and a still larger quantity is consumed in manufacturing embroideries; alachas, or striped silken stuffs; touras, or fringes of gold lace, worn on turbans; gold and silver cloths; scarfs, turbans, and brocades. The quantity of these articles made in India is incredible. All the troops, from the Omrah to the man in the ranks, will wear gilt ornaments ; nor will a private soldier refuse them to his wife and children, though the whole family should die of hunger ; which indeed is a common occurrence. In the second place, the King, as proprietor of the land, makes over a certain quantity to military men, as an equivalent for their pay; and this grant is called jah-ghir, or, as in Turkey, timar ; the word jah-ghir signifying the spot from which to draw, or the place of salary. Similar grants are made to governors, in lieu of their salary, and also for the support of their troops, on condition that they pay a certain sum annually to the King out of any surplus revenue that the land may yield. The lands not so granted are retained by the King as the peculiar domains of his house, and are seldom, if ever, given in the way of jah-ghir; and upon these domains he keeps contractors, who are also bound to pay him an annual rent. - [Previous: 4.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.5.4) - [Next: 4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.5.6) - [Up: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.5.5) · Pramāṇa