The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c27.6

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Assignments, in Islām Shāh's reign, 63–4; converted to crown land, 109, 461; demand from in time of Aurangzīb, 316; made for support of army, 375; preferred by Bālājī, Peshwā, 396; system of described, 455; in force under Lodīs, 456; under Sher Shāh, 458; valued under Akbar, 461; their management under Jahāngīr, 466; under Shāh Jahān, 467; under Aurangzīb and later decline, 472; unpopular in Bengal, 473