Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.122

c10.122

**AJNĀS**, s. Ar. plur. of *jins*, ‘goods, merchandise, crops,’ etc. Among the Moguls it was used in the special sense of pay in kind, not in cash.] [c. 1665.—“It (their pay) is, however, of a different kind, and not thought so honourable, but the *Rouzindars* are not subject, like the *Mansebdars* (*Munsubdar*) to the *Agenas*; that is to say, are not bound to take, at a valuation, carpets, and other pieces of furniture, that have been used in the King’s palace, and on which an unreasonable value is sometimes set.”—*Bernier* (ed. Constable), 215-6.]