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Mughal Administration c9.s6.9

Mughal Administration c9.s6.9

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c9.s6.9

The QĀNUNGO, as the name implies, was a walking dictionary of the prevailing rules and practices (qānun), and a store-house of information as to procedure, precedents, land history of the past, etc. The Ain (ii. 66) styles him "the refuge of the husbandman." [See also Ain, ii. 47n.]