Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c10.64

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There is a basis for arriving at this conclusion. The total revenue of Firoz Tughlaq's empire was 67,500,000 tankahs. Since the revenue collected was, on the average, one third of the total produce, the total produce of food-grains in his dominions would have been of the value of 202,500,000 tankahs. From the price schedule of Firoz's time, it is gathered that the average cost of a *man* of food-grains was 5 jitals⁵⁹. A tankah in the fourteenth century was approximately equal to about 50 jitals (48 jitals to be precise)⁶⁰. A *man* in those days was equal to 14 *sers* of today⁶¹. Therefore one tankah (or 50 jitals) bought 10 *man* (of 14 *sers* each) or 3½ maunds of 40 *sers* each in Firoz's time.⁶² At this rate the total agricultural production in Firoz Tughlaq's time would have been about 202.500,000 × 3½ = 708,750,000 maunds.