Mughal Administration c9.s8.25

c9.s8.25

25. Fee for the census of arms (*dast-yār*), houses and their inhabitants, which was taken from the Hindus, but from which the Muhammadans were exempt. We know that it was the *kotwāl’s* duty to prepare such lists for the cities, but it was clearly illegal to tax the people for this operation. [The text looks like *dastār-shumāri*, or tax per turban, which suggests the tax on every *pāgri* abolished by Akbar. *Ain*, ii. 67.]