[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) › c9.s8.25 # Mughal Administration c9.s8.25 Mughal Administration c9.s8.25 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.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. \[The text looks like \*dastār-shumāri\*, or tax per turban, which suggests the tax on every \*pāgri\* abolished by Akbar. \*Ain\*, ii. 67.\] - [Previous: c9.s8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c9.s8.24) - [Next: c9.s8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c9.s8.26) - [Up: c9.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c9.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c9.s8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c9.s8.25) · Pramāṇa