History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.177

c12.177

⁷¹ Ibn Batūtah, III, pp. 436-37. Ibid., p. 388. It appears from Barani that the *Shiq* was a higher division, for he writes that when the Sultan organised the whole Maratha country after ‘Ain-al-Mulk’s revolt, he divided it into four *Shiqs* mainly with a view to secure the efficient management of the revenue system. Barani, Calcutta Text, p. 501.