The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c4.s2.13

c4.s2.13

*Ayyām-i-hilālī.* — This was a deduction of one day’s pay in every month except Ramaẓān. *Manṣabdārs*, *Aḥadīs*, and *barqandāz* (matchlockmen) were all subject to it. But, towards the end of *ʿĀlamgīr*’s reign, it was remitted until the Narbada was crossed, that is, I presume, so long as a man served in the Dakhin (B.M. 1641, fol. 55*b*, 62*b*). The reason for making this deduction is difficult to fathom; and about the name itself there is some doubt. In the first of the two entries just quoted, I read the word as *talāfī* (Steingass, 321, obtaining, making amends, compensation, reparation); but this variant, instead of throwing light on the subject, leaves it as obscure as before.