Mughal Administration c13.s3.7

c13.s3.7

That Aurangzib's ordinance of 1666 was not a false pretence, can be inferred from the fact that in the latter days of the empire, it is stated among the duties of the *buyutat* that he was the officer for attaching and making a list of the property of deceased persons in order to secure payment of the dues of the State as well as to safeguard the property for the heirs of the deceased.