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Title: Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920
Subjects: Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605 Mogul Empire India -- History 1526-1765
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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his garden-house at Agra. It would seem that nothinglike complete obedience to the rules was ever attained. The roster of the watches of the palace guard was re-arranged, and a Mir Arzi, or Receiver of Petitions, wasappointed as a permanent member of the household. A record office was organized, so that whatever proceededfrom the court should be recorded .^ The record-room atFathpur-Slkri still exists. It is a fine room, 48; feet longby 28; feet wide, with a spacious verandah, and stands tothe south of Akbars bedroom. The space provided, althoughnot inconsiderable, appears to be very scanty according tomodern European notions.^ The records, or at any ratea large part of them, used to be carried about with theimperial camp. The arrangements made concerning the collection andassessment of the land revenue, or government share of the > For a full biography of Shah- ^ A. N., Hi, 167, 208. baz Khan Kanibii see Aln, vol. i, ^ Fathpur-Slkrl, iii, pp. 41-3, pp. 399-402, No. 80. PI, LXVIII.
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< o BENGAL : ADMINISTRATION 139 crops, were more important. They were based on orderspassed in previous years and were subsequently modifiedby Raja Todar Mall. In 1575-6 the new idea which came into Akbars mind Institu-was to divide the empire (with certain exceptions) into Karons,blocks, each yielding a karor ( crore = 10 millions) of tankas,and placed under charge of an officer termed Karori, whoseduty it would be to encourage cultivation and so increase therevenue. Every pargana, or barony , was to be measured,and the measurement was actually begun near the capital.Bamboo measuring rods fitted with iron rings were substi-tuted for the less accurate rope previously used. The extensive provinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Gujaratbeing excluded from the new organization, and many regionssubsequently annexed not having been then conquered,182 Amils or Karoris sufficed for the empire. Abu-1 Fazl,as usual, attributes much virtue to the reform, declaringthat mens minds were quieted and also

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