Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t1.47

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alone.¹ In one case, Amir Khusrau informs us that a wet nurse was paid 10 Tankas for suckling a child.² We are better informed regarding the lives of domestic slaves. The slave of an ordinary person did not require any wages or payment whatsoever, as will appear from the discussion of the status of a slave earlier. The Sultan alone gave his slaves a recognized status and fixed their wages. Sultan Muhammad Tughluq is reported to have paid his slaves a daily ration of three seers of meat together with other ingredients and spices and a monthly ration of 2 maunds of wheat and rice. Besides these allowances, they were paid 10 Tankas per month and four suits of clothes every year.³ Firuz Tughluq who was more solicitous for the welfare of his slaves paid them from 10 to 100 Tankas per month from the royal treasury according to arrangements.⁴