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² *Baranī* pp. 250-51. The system of granting lands, however, was never given up in the time of ‘Alāuddīn. Malik Qabūl Ulugh Khānī got an estate after his appointment as *shahnah* of grain market (*Baranī* p. 305). Baranī also mentions that the nobles who had no landed property got rationed grain (p. 309) in times of scarcity which clearly indicates that there *were* nobles who had landed property. But the sultan preferred paying in cash, e.g. Amīr Khusrau got a fixed salary. Also see Qureshi: *Administration* p. 119.