The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c17.46

c17.46

The members of the judicial services all received remuneration. The payment however, seems to have been made, at least in the case of the higher officers, not in cash but in revenue assignment⁶. From Minhaj's account of the amir-i-dad, Saifuddin Ajami, quoted above, it appears that the revenue of some specified iqtas was permanently attached to this office. Such iqtas however were changed from time to time; Saifuddin was allowed the revenue in succession, of Pulwal, Kamah, Baran, Kasrak (?) and again of Baran, in Mahmud's reign¹. It is probable that the qaziul-quzat was also paid in this manner.