History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.72

c12.72

²⁰ The Shiqs were sub-divisions of a province for purposes of revenue. We read in Barani that when the Sultan returned from Saragdwāri, he divided the Mahratta country into four Shiqs. The office of Shiqdar is mentioned in the Āin-i-Akbari. He was an officer appointed to collect the revenue from a certain division of land under the government. It was sometimes applied to the chief financial officer of a province or to a viceroy in his financial capacity.