The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c14.13

c14.13

³ Moreland thinks that "the terms were at least, practically, synonymous. The possibility is not excluded that there were minor differences in position, for instance, in regard to the accounts procedure of the Revenue Ministry..." (Agrarian System of Moslem India, p. 222). The difficulty arises from lack of precise information. One reason seems to be that the word muqṭiʿ was being replaced by amīr even in the days of Muḥammad bin Tughluq. The Lodīs introduced shiqqdār-i-shiqqdārān.