Mughal Administration c14.s2.11
Mughal Administration c14.s2.11
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c14.s2.11
(9) *Bait-ul-māl*. Here the properties of persons dying without heirs were kept, with a view to afterwards spending them for the relief of the people in general. According to the Quranic law, the Emperor could not touch any part of this money for his own use. [*Encyclo. Islam*, i. 598.]