History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c85.s5.8

v5.c85.s5.8

The imperial Government made reckless promises of money grant and high command to every enemy captain who was induced to desert and every enemy qiladar who was persuaded to surrender his fort. It was not humanly possible to keep all of these promises. The Mughal army, too, was immensely expanded in order to cope with the growing strength of the Marathas and their allies. The result was that the entire land in the empire proved insufficient for the total amount of jagir needed to satisfy the dues of all the officers included in the swollen army-list. As the imperial diwan Inayetullah Khan, on being urged by Aurangzib to grant jagirs to every one and leave no claim unsatisfied, remarked in despair, "The contingents of the officers who are daily passed in review before your Majesty are unlimited in number, while the land available for granting as jagir is limited (in area.) How can a limited figure be made to equal an unlimited one? [Hamid-ud-din's *Ahkam*, § 57.]