[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Qaraunah Turks in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936) › c12.229 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.229 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.229 - **Language:** English ### [c12.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.229) According to the canon law, the share of the state was fixed at one-fifth in the spoils obtained with the help of the army of Islam and the rest, \*i.e.\*, four-fifths was allowed to the captors. The clericalists had always insisted upon this practice being observed by kings. Weaker men had bowed to the will of the \*‘Ulama\*, but ‘Ala-al-Din disregarded the command of the law and revised the old rule. Muhammad continued to enforce the revised scale. Out of the booty captured from the ‘infidels’ one-fifth only was allowed to the army and the remaining four-fifths was appropriated by the \*Bet-al-Māl\* or the Public treasury, which was at the disposal of the Sultan. It was the priest-ridden Firuz who restored the old proportion and fixed the share of the \*Bet-al-Māl\* at one-fifth.⁹² - [Previous: c12.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.228) - [Next: c12.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.230) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.229) · Pramāṇa