The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c11.130

c11.130

If it be permissible to hold that the poet’s similes are based on contemporary practice, the proportions of state demand alluded to in this couplet are a fourth, a fifth and a tenth. The last is the *‘ushr*; a fifth was the general level of demand; a fourth was probably demanded in the Doāb. If 5 per cent is added to the prevailing 20 per cent it makes 25 per cent.