The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c17.49

c17.49

Minhaj has an interesting passage which throws some light on the court procedure. Speaking about Saifuddin he remarks. "During this period since he has been the amir-i-dad of the kingdom of Delhi, the customary fees at the rate of ten or fifteen per cent, which other chief justices before him have imposed, he has not extorted, nor has he had any concern with such, neither has he considered such to be right²". This fee seems identical with the dadbeki which Firoz Tugluq considered as illegal and formally abolished, an event which would imply its continuance as a normal practice³.