Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India c8.s8.7

c8.s8.7

Shams Siraj Afif's figure of the income of Sultan Firoz Tughlaq is 67,500,000 *tankahs*.212 p. Saran writes that Firoz Tughlaq's total income from land revenue, canals, and gardens was nearly 8 crores of *tankahs*. He rightly adds that income from other sources like Zakat, Jiziyah, Khams, octrois, tolls, was also there but it is impossible even to make any rough estimates of the same. He estimates the income of Sher Shah's empire at 16 crores of silver *tankahs* or rupees (about half the income of Akbar's reign).213