Mughal Administration c15.s1.t1.8

c15.s1.t1.8

*Third*.—About fixed cash revenue: If the peasant is too poor to get together agricultural implements, or runs away leaving the land idle, give the land to another on lease or for [direct] cultivation [as a tenant at will ?], and take the amount of the revenue from the lessee in case of lease, or from the share of the owner in case of [direct] cultivation. If any surplus is left, pay it to the owner. Or, substitute another man in the place of the [former] owner, in order that he may, by cultivating it, pay the revenue and enjoy the surplus [of the produce.] And whenever the [former] owners again become capable of cultivating, restore the lands to them. If a man [115b] runs away leaving the land to lie idle, lease it out after the current year is over.