Terms and Meanings
Batai:- Crop product sharing between landowner and peasant
Benami :- Alienation of land to anonymous persons
Bhaichara Village :-Village where all claimants of landholdings were perceived to be the joint holders of the village
Deh:- Smallest Administrative Division of land (in sindh) for Land Revenue purposes
Doabs :- Territory between two rivers
Goth:- Village in Sindh
Haari:- Sharecropper in Sindh
Jagirdari:-Possession of 'Jagir'
Jagirs:-Land awarded by colonial officers on which Revenue was not due
Kammis:- Pejorative term used for menial workers
Katchi Abadi:- Irregular Settlement
Khasra Girdavri:- Village Revenue Record
Laapo:- Share of crop belonging to 'Zamindar', equivalent To 1/16th of Total Crop Produce
Lambardar:- Honorary Government-appointed person for Revenue Collection and control of Village affairs
Mahal:- Smallest Administrative Division of Land (In Punjab And Nwfp) for Land Revenue Purposes; Village
Mahalwari:-Land Revenue System In Punjab And Nwfp, based on recognizing the village as the Basic unit of Land Administration
Mukhtiarkar:- Town level Land Revenue Government Official in Sindh
Nambardar:-Landowner in villages in Punjab, appointed by The Revenue Department as its Honorary representative; responsible for collecting Land Revenue.
Nambardari:- Having The Status Of A 'Nambardar'
Nawab:- Chief of 'Jagir' Or State
Pattidari:-Land on Claim
Patwar:-Low tier (lower than 'Tehsildar') Revenue Government Employee In Punjab
Rakh:-High Land Away From The Riverine Tracts
Ryot/ Raiyat:-Cultivator
Ryotwari :-Cultivator-based land settlement
Sardar:-Chief of Tribe
Sardari:- Pertaining to Chief of Tribe
Shaamilat:-Land not individually owned, Communal Land or Common Property
Tehsildar:- Town level Land Revenue Government Official in Punjab
Zamindar:-Landlord
Zamindari:- Land held by a 'Zamindar'