Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s7.58
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s7.58
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³ [Altamgha, ‘the red seal,’ technically ‘a royal grant. On its remission by Bābur see Erskine, Hist. of India, i. 467. Elliot remarks that the altamgha as a tax was enforced as early as the time of Alāu-d-dīn and Fīroz Shāh (Elliot-Dowson iii. 365). For the use of the seal see Memoirs of Jahāngīr, trans. Rogers-Beveridge, 23.]