The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.457

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² This term literally translates the ‘*amīrs* of hundreds’ or *yūzbāshī*, who were not, however, purely military officers, but revenue officials responsible for the collection of taxes in groups of about a hundred villages each, who were entitled to a commission of five per cent. on their collections.