Mughal Administration c15.s1.t1.47
Mughal Administration c15.s1.t1.47
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c15.s1.t1.47
“As for fiefs (qitai) those that are naturally irrigated have to pay the tenth, those that are watered with the help of buckets, or leather bottles or wells with wheels, do not pay more than one-twentieth, because of the cost of irrigation”, (p. 79 of M. Fagnan’s French translation.)