Later Mughals v1.c9.s21.13

v1.c9.s21.13

of a contract or lease, and realized the money from the man's banker. This practice was held, rightly enough, to be destructive to the prosperity of the district to which the man was sent. The Emperor requested that it might be abandoned, and that in place of it, all appointments should be made amani, that is, should involve complete accounting for gross receipts and expenses, and for the resulting balance. Abdullah Khan refused. He also offered a passive resistance to the re-imposition of the jazya, or poll-tax. [Yahya 123b.]