The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.10
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.10
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v4.c16.10
The branding regulation applied to the horses which the nobles and lesser officers were obliged to maintain for their contingents, and was designed to prevent the fraudulent practice of producing at musters horses temporarily borrowed or hired. It was modelled on similar regulations issued by ‘Alā-ud-dīn Khaljī and Sher Shāh, and was bitterly opposed by those whose opportunities for peculation it curtailed, one of its most obstinate opponents being Khān A‘zam, the emperor's foster-brother.