[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 208 # Storia do Mogor 208: Ii hec Bisti (Yak-bisti) — that is, 'A Twenty.' Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 208 - **Language:** English ### [208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.208) It is necessary to state that these kings pay every one of those above-named according to three different titles or degrees. The highest and first title is called 'of twelve,' the second 'of six,' and the third 'of four months.' But it is so arranged, however, that he who has only pay of the third class receives in the year the amount promised him, or even somewhat in excess. The others receive much more. To make the matter clearer, you must know that when the king gives a horseman twenty rupees a month in the first class, he ought to receive seven hundred and fifty rupees in the year; in the second, three hundred and seventy-five; and in the third, two hundred and fifty. This last is the amount that pay at twenty rupees a month comes to plus ten rupees. This sum is thus given because it is a rule made by King Akbar, as I have said. According to the above you can calculate all the different sorts of pay that exist, by following the more detailed account which I am about to give. Another thing is that when a man has risen to the amount of one thousand rupees, when he is called azari (hazari), the pay increases considerably; for this reason it is unnecessary to see whether it is or is not much above the others according to the rule of proportion. When we get to five hazaris — that is, 'five thousand' — the pay rises still more above that of the 'thousand,' a matter that will seem to the reader very strange; but such is the custom and the established rule, from which in this country there is hardly ever any dispensation. - [Previous: 207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.207) - [Next: 209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.209) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.208) · Pramāṇa