The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c14.23

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³ No direct reference is found in the 13th century chronicles to such duties, but instances from Khalji and Tughluq history confirm the above statement. For Ghiyasuddin Tughluq's instructions to his *wazir* regarding the collection of the land revenue, see Barani, p. 429. For a reference to the ministry's audit work under Firoz Tughluq, see Afif: *op. cit.* p. 414. The ministry sometimes sent auditors to provincial governments; such auditors were called *muhasib*. See Amir Khusrau: *Ijaz-i-Khusravi*: f. 106 sq, for the copy of a report sent by the *Muhasib* about the refusal of the *muqti* of Manikpur, in 909/1309, to render his accounts or pay up the surplus due.