Indo-Pak: Administrative and Agrarian Terms.
 

[B][U][CENTER]GLOSSARY OF ADMINISTRTIVE AND AGRARIAN TERMS[/CENTER][/U][/B]


[B]Ain:[/B] State laws as distinguished from the laws of the Shariah.

[B]Akhurbek:[/B] Master of the horse.

[B]Alai tanka:[/B] The tanka (silver or gold coin) of Ala-ud-Din Khilji.

[B]Alamatha-e-Sultani:[/B] Insignia of royality.

[B]Amil: [/B]Revenue Officre.

[B]Amir:[/B] Commander, the third highest official grade of the Delhi sultanate.

[B]Amir-e-Dad:[/B] Officer incharge of Justice, the public prosecutor.

[B]Amir-e-Akhur:[/B] Amir or officer commanding the horse.

[B]Amir-e-Hajib:[/B] Officer incharge of the royal court, also called Barbek in Turkish.

[B]Amir-e-Koh:[/B] Officer incharge of agriculture.

[B]Amir-e-Shikar: [/B]Officer incharge of the royal hunt.

[B]Ariz: [/B]Officer incharge of the muster, equipment of the soldiers and their horses.

[B]Arz-e-Mamalik:[/B] Minister incharge of the army of the whole country.

[B]Barek: [/B]Officer incharge of the royal court also called Amir-e-Hajib in Persian.

[B]Bari: [/B]Intelligence officer appointed by the state to collect information.

[B]Barid-e-Mamalik:[/B] Head of the state Intelligence Service.

[B]Dabir:[/B] Secretary.

[B]Dabir-e-Mamalik:[/B] Chief secretary for the whole kingdom.

[B]Dagh:[/B] Mark of branding.

[B]Diwan: [/B]Officer, the central secretariat.

[B]Diwan-e-Arz:[/B] Officer of the ministry of war.

[B]Diwan-e-Insha:[/B] Officer of the chief secretary.

[B]Diwan-e-Riyasat: [/B]Officer of the minister of trade and commerce.

[B]Diwan-e-Wizarat:[/B] Officer of collecting taxes.

[B]Doab:[/B] Land between the Jamuna and the Ganga.

[B]Fatwa:[/B] A legal decision, a decision according to the Shariah or religious law.

[B]Faujdar:[/B] Commander of an army unit.

[B]Haqq-e-Shurb:[/B] Water right, profits from canal irrigation.

[B]Hukm-e-Hasith:[/B] Assessment of land revenue according to produce.

[B]Hukm-e-Masahat:[/B] Assessment of land revenue according to measurement.

[B]Hukm-e-Mushahida:[/B] Assessment of land revenue by inspection only.

[B]Iqtadar:[/B] Governor, a person in whose charge an iqta has been place.

[B]Jagir:[/B] A piece of land assigned to a government officer by the state.

[B]Jitals:[/B] Copper coins of the Delhi Sultanate.

[B]Jeziah:[/B] Has two meanings (1). In the literature of Delhi Sultanate, any tax which is not Hiraj or Land Tax. (2). In the Shariah, a personal and yearly tax on non-Muslims.

[B]Karkhana:[/B] Royal factory or enterprise, they were of two kinds (1). Rabti, for looking after animals (2). Ghair-Rabti, for producing commodities required by the state.

[B]Khalisa:[/B] Land controlled directly by the king and not assigned to any landlord or officer.

[B]Khan:[/B] (1). In the Delhi Sultanate, the highest group of officers of state. (2). Amond the Mongols and Turks, the highest independent ruler.

[B]Khidmat:[/B] Service due.

[B]Khiraj:[/B] Land revenue, also tribute paid by a subordinate ruler.

[B]Khuts:[/B] Class of village headmen.

[B]Madad-e-Mash:[/B] Grant of land on pension to religious or deserving persons.

[B]Majlis-e-Khas:[/B] A meeting of a King and his high officer.

[B]Majlis-e-khalwat:[/B] A confidential and secret meeting of the King and his high officres.

[B]Mal:[/B] Money, revenue, land revenue.

[B]Malik:[/B] Honor, proprietor, in the Delhi Sultanate it meant the second highest grade of officer below khan and above Amir.

[B]Malik Naib:[/B] Regent of the king, an officer authorized to act on behalf of the king.

[B]Muhtasib:[/B] An officer appointed to maintain law and order in a municipality.

[B]Muqaddam:[/B] Village headman, literally the first or senior man.

[B]Muqta:[/B] Governor, person incharge of an iqta or a medieval province.

[B]Mushrif-e-Mamalik:[/B] Accountant for all provinces.

[B]Mushrif-e-Mamlikat:[/B] Accountant for the whole kingdom.

[B]Mustaufi-e-Mamalik:[/B] Auditor for the whole kingdom.

[B]Naib-e-Arz:[/B] Minister of war, of deputy of minister of war.

[B]Naib-e-Barbek:[/B] Deputy Barbek, (officer incharge of the royal court).

[B]Naib-e-Mamlakat:[/B] Regent or the King’s representative for the whole kingdom, authorized to act on behalf of the king.

[B]Naib-e-Mulk: [/B]Regent of the kingdom.

[B]Naib-e-Wazir:[/B] Deputy of the Wazir.

[B]Qazi-e-Mamalik:[/B] The Qazi or the Judge for the whole country.

[B]Qazi-ul-Qazza:[/B] The Qazi of Qazis, the Chief Justice.

[B]Sadr-e-Jahan[/B]: Title for the central officer of the Delhi Sultanate, who was incharge of religious and charitable endowments.

[B]Sera-e-Adl:[/B] Name given to Ala-ud-Din Khilji’s Market in Delhi for the sale of cloth and other specified commodities.

[B]Shashgani:[/B] A small silver coin equal to six jitals or copper coins.

[B]Shamshi:[/B] Pertaining to Sultan Shams-ud-Din Iltumish.

[B]Shiqdar:[/B] Officer incharge of land measuring a shiq.

[B]Shunha-e-Mandi:[/B] Officer incharge of the grain market.

[B]Sipahsalar: [/B]Commander of the troops.

[B]Tanka:[/B] Silver coin of the Delhi Sultanate.

[B]Zabita:[/B] A secular rule or law made by the state.


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