The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c8.s10.1

c8.s10.1

The conquerors introduced little change in the revenue administration of the province. The principles for the assessment and collection of revenues remained the same as in the time of Dahir. Only one or two new taxes were imposed. The most important among these was the jizya. The land revenue varied between 2/5 and 1/4 of the produce of the soil. Besides these two taxes there were a number of others, and all these were farmed out to the highest bidder.