The Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707
Habib, Irfan
The Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707 - 2nd. Rev. ed. - New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. - xvi, 547 p.; 22 cm.
I. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
1. Extent of Cultivation -- 2. Means of Cultivation and Irrigation -- 3. The Crops and other agricultural
Produce -- 4. Agricultural Manufactures
II. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
1. Long-distance Trade -- 2. Local Trade; the Peasant and the Market -- 3. Movements of Agricultural Prices
III. MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE PEASANTRY
1. General Description -- 2. Famines
IV. THE PEASANT AND THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY
1. Agrarian Property; the Peasant and the Land -- 2. Peasants and Labourers -- 3. The Village Community -- 4. Village Officials
V. THE ZAMINDARS
1. Nature of Zamindari Right -- 2. Genesis, Composition and Strength of the Zamindar Class -- 3. Imperial Administration and the Zamindars -- 4. Autonomous Chiefs
VI. THE LAND REVENUE
1. Magnitude of the Land-Revenue Demand -- 2. Methods of Land-Revenue Assessment -- 3. The Systems of Revenue Assessment in the Different Regions -- 4. The Basic Unit of Assessment; the
Individual Peasant Holding and the Village -- 5. The Medium of Payment -- 6. Collection of Land Revenue -- 7. Rural Taxes and Exactions Other than Land Revenue 8. Methods of Relief and Agricultural Development
VII. REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS
1. Jagirs and Khalisa -- 2. The Machinery of Revenue Administration
VIII. REVENUE GRANTS
IX. THE AGRARIAN CRISIS OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
1. The Empire and the Assignment System -- 2. Oppression of the Peasantry -- 3. Armed Resistance by the Peasantry -- 4. The Political Role of the Zamindars -- 5. Agfarian Aspects of the Revolts Against the Mughal Empire
APPENDICES
A. MEASURES OF LAND
1. Gaz-i Sikandari
2. Gaz-i llahi
3. Bigha-i Daftari
B. WEIGHTS
1. Standard Mans
2. The Mans and Other Weights
used in the Various Regions
3. Weights used in European Sources
C. THE COINAGE AND THE GOLD AND COPPER VALUE OF THE RUPEE
1. The Coinage
2. Gold Value of the Rupee
3. Copper Value of the Rupee
4. The 'Price Revolution' in India
D. REVENUE STATISTICS
1. Jama'
2. Hasil
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Contemporary and Earlier Sources
2. Modem Works
ABBREVIATIONS
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
Iron ploughshare; Geared water-lift
Map: Indus Basin and the Doab. Rivers and canals
The oilman and his mill
Kabir preaching
Peasant listening to sufic singers
Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844
Peasant listening to sufic singers
Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844
0195655958 9780195655957
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--India
Agriculture and state--History--India
954.025 / HAB/A
The Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707 - 2nd. Rev. ed. - New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. - xvi, 547 p.; 22 cm.
I. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
1. Extent of Cultivation -- 2. Means of Cultivation and Irrigation -- 3. The Crops and other agricultural
Produce -- 4. Agricultural Manufactures
II. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
1. Long-distance Trade -- 2. Local Trade; the Peasant and the Market -- 3. Movements of Agricultural Prices
III. MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE PEASANTRY
1. General Description -- 2. Famines
IV. THE PEASANT AND THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY
1. Agrarian Property; the Peasant and the Land -- 2. Peasants and Labourers -- 3. The Village Community -- 4. Village Officials
V. THE ZAMINDARS
1. Nature of Zamindari Right -- 2. Genesis, Composition and Strength of the Zamindar Class -- 3. Imperial Administration and the Zamindars -- 4. Autonomous Chiefs
VI. THE LAND REVENUE
1. Magnitude of the Land-Revenue Demand -- 2. Methods of Land-Revenue Assessment -- 3. The Systems of Revenue Assessment in the Different Regions -- 4. The Basic Unit of Assessment; the
Individual Peasant Holding and the Village -- 5. The Medium of Payment -- 6. Collection of Land Revenue -- 7. Rural Taxes and Exactions Other than Land Revenue 8. Methods of Relief and Agricultural Development
VII. REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS
1. Jagirs and Khalisa -- 2. The Machinery of Revenue Administration
VIII. REVENUE GRANTS
IX. THE AGRARIAN CRISIS OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
1. The Empire and the Assignment System -- 2. Oppression of the Peasantry -- 3. Armed Resistance by the Peasantry -- 4. The Political Role of the Zamindars -- 5. Agfarian Aspects of the Revolts Against the Mughal Empire
APPENDICES
A. MEASURES OF LAND
1. Gaz-i Sikandari
2. Gaz-i llahi
3. Bigha-i Daftari
B. WEIGHTS
1. Standard Mans
2. The Mans and Other Weights
used in the Various Regions
3. Weights used in European Sources
C. THE COINAGE AND THE GOLD AND COPPER VALUE OF THE RUPEE
1. The Coinage
2. Gold Value of the Rupee
3. Copper Value of the Rupee
4. The 'Price Revolution' in India
D. REVENUE STATISTICS
1. Jama'
2. Hasil
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Contemporary and Earlier Sources
2. Modem Works
ABBREVIATIONS
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
Iron ploughshare; Geared water-lift
Map: Indus Basin and the Doab. Rivers and canals
The oilman and his mill
Kabir preaching
Peasant listening to sufic singers
Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844
Peasant listening to sufic singers
Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844
0195655958 9780195655957
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--India
Agriculture and state--History--India
954.025 / HAB/A