Mughal Administration c13.s2.7
Mughal Administration c13.s2.7
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c13.s2.7
Thus the military accounts could never be cleared, and no officer’s exact dues and liabilities to the State could be ascertained in his life-time and hardly even after his death. Under the circumstances the safest course for the Emperor was to escheat the dead man’s property immediately after his death, and then think of settling his account with the Government Treasury.