The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.56

v4.c22.56

In only one region of the empire do we know what was actually done in the course of this reign. The Deccan provinces which were organised after the conquest of Ahmadnagar were found to be in a deplorable condition. They had suffered heavily in the terrible famine of 1630–32, and the war of conquest had practically completed their economic ruin, so that twenty years later the revenue accruing from them was still insufficient to meet the expense of their administration. During prince Aurangzīb’s second viceroyalty of the Deccan, which began in the year 1652, a complete reorganisation of the revenue system of these provinces was undertaken by an officer named Murshid Qulī Khān, who was appointed *dīwān* of Daulatābād and Telingāna, and subsequently placed in charge also of Berār and Khāndesh.