A History of Agriculture in India v2.c74.s1.3

v2.c74.s1.3

'That the collectors of the khalisa lands and the jagirdars should realize the mal and jihat (cesses) according to the dasturu-l 'amal; and if by fraud or oppression anything beyond the settled amount should be received from the cultivators, they were to account it in excess of the proper payment, and were to levy a fine upon those who had exacted it, and enter the amount in the monthly accounts.. At every harvest they were to carefully guard the rights of the lower classes.