The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c16.s5.5
The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c16.s5.5
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c16.s5.5
The question is : what is the meaning of خراج اراضی عشور ? If the phrase were خراج اراضی و عشور, the meaning would have been ‘the kharāj from the lands and the tithes.’ The phrase as it stands can mean (i) the kharāj from tithe-paying lands or (ii) the land kharāj of tithes. The former is more idiomatic and should signify that the kharāj from the lands of the Sultanate was charged on the basis of tithes; the second, though unidiomatic, conveys the same idea. The phrase is translated in Elliot and Dowson, (iii, p. 377) as ‘kharāj or tenth’ which is very near the literal meaning but does not convey the true sense.