History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.215

c6.215

The land revenue of the country was equitably settled. The farming system was disallowed in the iqt‘as and the provinces and farmers of revenue and contractors were not allowed to come near the Diwan-i-Wizarat for the Sultan cared more for the wellbeing of his people than for high bids.⁹⁸ The rate of *Khirāj* was probably the same as that under ‘Ala-al-Din, *i.e.*, 50 per cent of the gross produce but Ghiyas took good care to guard his subjects against official rapacity and unjust enhancement. On this subject Barani's text runs as follows :