The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.110

v4.c20.110

Excluding Afghānistān, the empire of Aurangzīb, about 1690, had a revenue of 334,500,000 rupees on paper, the actual collection being less. This figure stood for the land-revenue alone, and did not include the proceeds of taxes like the *zakāt* (tithe) and *jizya* (poll-tax). The proportion between the lands held as military assignments (*jāgīr*) and crown land (*khālsa sharīfa*) can be judged from their respective revenue demands of 276,400,000 rupees and 58,100,000 rupees. The total armed force of the empire in 1647 was