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STUDIES IN MUGHAL INDIA.

Revenue of Orissa. 1594 A.D. Rs. 31,43,316 (Ain-i-Akbari ii. 141-144) 1648 „ Rs. 50,00,000 (Abdul Hamid's Padishahnamah ii. 711) 1654 „ Rs. 56,39,500 (Dastur-ul-aml used by Thomas) 1665 „ Rs. 72,70,000 (Bernier, 457) c 1690 „ Rs. 35,70,500 (Dastur-ul-aml Br. Mus. Or. 1641 f. 50) c 1695-1700 Rs. 43,21,025 (Dastur-ul-aml used by Thomas) c 1695 A.D. Rs. 1,01,02,625 (Khulasat-ut-tawarikh, 32a) c 1697-1707 Rs. 57,07,500 (Manucci, ii. 414) 1707 A.D. Rs. 35,70,500 (Ramusio) 1707 „ Rs. 35,70,275 Jagjivandas, in India Office MS. 1799, p. 5. Tieffenthaler, Rs. 35,70,525.


It will be seen that the 5th, 9th, 10th and 11th of the above figures are all derived from the same source, viz., an official return. The amount mentioned in the Khulasat-ut-tawarikh[1] is clearly wrong. The rather high figures given by Bernier and Manucci are not necessarily incorrect, but may be due to the efficient administration of Khan-i-Dauran and Murshid Quli Khan respectively.

12. THE DIWANS AND THEIR METHOD OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION.

List of Diwans of Orissa.

  • Mian Muhammad Jan, ?-1657; dismissed, lived at Baleshwar, afterwards (1661) appointed land-agent of the Subahdar, Khan-i-Dauran.
  1. ↑ For the Khulasat, see my India of Aurangzib: Statistics, Topography and Roads, xiv, lviii, 47, 48.
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