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.s1.2

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¹ What this proportion was, it is impossible to ascertain. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, early in the 14th century, asked his revenue minister not to punish the "maliks and amirs" if they appropriated "half-tenth or half-eleventh or one-tenth or one-fifteenth of the revenue of the iqta or wilayat,—besides the customary perquisites of the office; Barani, p. 431. The wording here indicates that while the perquisite—whatever its value may have been—was his usual remuneration, the Tughluq king was prepared to allow the muqti an extra percentage at the rate mentioned. Perhaps it was a revival of an earlier practice, suspended by the Khalji centralization. Ibn Battuta observes that Muhammad b. Tughluq's governors receive 1/20 off the revenue as commission. Rahlah, Def. et Sang. III, p. 117.