The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c4.s2.14

c4.s2.14

*Ḥiṣṣah-i-ijnās*. — *Jins* (goods) is used in opposition to *naqd* (cash), and this item (*ḥiṣṣah* = share, *ijnās* = goods) seems to mean the part of a man’s pay delivered to him in kind. Apparently this item did not apply to the cavalry. In the case of the matchlockmen, artillerymen, and artificers, the deduction was 1/4 if the man were mounted, and 1/2 if he were not. This represented the value of the rations supplied to him. There is another entry of *rasad-i-jins* (supplies of food?), the exact nature of which I cannot determine (B.M. 1641, fol. 62*b*).