The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c15.s1.1

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fixed in proportion to the entire revenue¹. Except as a punishment, as in the case of Kabir Khan who was recalled from Multan by Iltutmish and placed in charge of the small iqta of Pulwal², or in the case of Kashlu Khan, who, on Balban's dismissal from the court in 651|1253 A.D., was transferred from his extensive iqta of Nagaur to Karra³, no muqti appears to have been transferred from a larger to a smaller iqta. It is important to note that, although the muqti was assigned a fixed share in the revenue, his financial position was different from that of the assignee (iqtadar) who had no financial liability to the central exchequer. This is clear from the position of the two thousand Shamsi iqtadars who were assigned the revenue of the villages as their pay for personal service in the army⁴. To this category also belonged the iqta of Bakhtiyar granted to him by the muqti of Awadh⁵. Other assignments for services of a non-military character were those made to the qazis of the realm as well as to the amir-i-dad of the city.