The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c18.9

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⁴ The Persian word *peshkash*, used in the sense of a nominal tribute and present by writers in the Mughal period, is not found in the early chronicles where the words *kharaj* and *malguzari* are used in connection with the submission of the Hindu princes; see e.g. *Tajul Maasir*, ff. 469, 255a; see also *Ijaz-i-Khusravi*, p. 416a.