History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.242

c12.242

¹⁰² *Masālik*. Paris MS. The military service seems to have been a graded one. The Khān was the highest officer of a force of 10,000 horse and *Jund* was the lowest. This classification of officers existed in the time of Firuz, as is shown by the account of the military organisation of that ruler. It appears from his narrative that there was a graded service under Firuz. Payments were made both by assignments of land revenue and by cash. In Muhammad's day officers were given assignments of land revenue but soldiers were paid in cash from the treasury.
* Afif, Cal. Text, p. 296.