The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c16.s6.9
The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c16.s6.9
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c16.s6.9
This translation is a little too free; I am inclined to translate the relevant sentences as follows: ". . . The regular soldiers were given villages in lieu of their salary so that they might live in comfort. The irregulars were paid in cash from the royal treasury; the rest, for their (immediate) needs, were given iṭlāqs in accordance with His Majesty's orders. When the iṭlāqs of the regular soldiers reached the aqṭā'āt (the assigned villages), a full half of the soldier's pay was obtained from every aqṭā'.¹ In those days many men bought the iṭlāqs of the soldiers with mutual consent and paid a third of the salary in the city. They themselves received a full half in the aqṭā'āt . . ."