Storia do Mogor 238.2.9

238.2.9

There are also in this empire other lords who call themselves zamindars — that is, 'lords of land.' Among them are many powerful men who could place in the field, more or less, forty thousand soldiers, matchlockmen, archers, and spearmen. Such men do not maintain cavalry : the greater number live in the midst of jungles, and these usually pay no revenue, unless it be taken by force of arms. At this day, taking the whole Mogul empire, these rajahs, great and petty, and the zamindars, exceed five thousand in number.