Mughal Administration c9.s8.19

c9.s8.19

18 & 19. In decreeing suits for the repayment of loans and in returning to the owners stolen property which had been recovered, the magistrates used to take one-fourth of the value of the loan or property, for the State. Aurangzib abolished this fee, as well as the payment of the fines and thanks-offerings (*sharāi jurmāna wa shukrāna*) [by litigants] which had the sanction of ancient usage and Muslim judicial practice.