Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c23.18

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In Akbar's times, we find a deliberate effort also made to give peace and protection to agrarian population. Such a policy, initiated in Sher Shah's time and continued in Akbar's, was bound to produce good results on population. Two centuries earlier when Firoz Tughlaq had undertaken measures to help the tillers of the soil, Shams Siraj Afif had not failed to notice a rise in the country's population.