Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t2.31

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⁵ Compare, for instance, that Khusrau Khan had 40,000 persons in his establishment under Mubarak Shah Khalji. Some of the Afghan nobles are reported to have employed as many as thirty to forty thousand paid men in their establishments. (*Vide* T.A., I, 342). Compare for the nobility of Mewar (Rajputana) the description of Tod, I, pp. 167-168; There is a three-fold division of Mewar chiefs as follows :— First class.—We have sixteen whose estates were from 10,000 to 50,000 rupees and upwards in yearly rent. These appear in the presence only on special invitation, upon festivals and solemn ceremonies, and are hereditary councillors of the crown. Second class.—From five to fifty thousand rupees. Their duty is to be always in attendance. From these chiefly, Foujdars and military officers are selected. Third class.—Is that of the Gol holding lands, chiefly under 5,000 rupees, though by favour they may exceed this limit.