How often does the letter "i" occur in:
1 Patton's Asiatic Monarchies, 144; see Orissa, Vol. II, 225, 226. * Rouse's Dissertations, 25. Orissa, Vol. II, 230.
3 Patton's Asiatic Monarchies, 144.
4 Harington's Analysis, Vol. III, 249.
for a higher amount of revenue than the old zemindars would pay; and they were probably at first entirely dependent on the aumil at the head of the chucklah, and were shorn of the zemindar's powers; since it was Jaffier Khan's policy to separate those powers from the office of contractor for the revenue. However the old system gradually revived; and the old zemindars who were restored, as well as the new talookdars and zemindars, continued in the decline of the empire to build up their power; the zemindars resuming their former functions, with perhaps the exception of the military duties; and the talookdars, when powerful, becoming independent talookdars or zemindars, and when weak falling back into dependence upon the zemindar.
The talookdar's position.
1 Pattern's Asiatic Monarchies, 147. * Laud Tenure by a Civilian, 73.
'Dissertations, 24, 25. Fifth Report, Vol. I, 162. Harington's Analysis, 248. Orissa, Vol. II, 225. 'Thompson's Selections, 17. Directions for Revenue Officers, 54, 55. 'Land Tenure by a Civilian, 61. 4 Directions for Revenue Officers, 50, 54, 55, 57. 1 Land Tenure by a Civilian, 42, 76. * Ib.
he either has a zemindar above him, and then gets only a share of the profits of collection; or if there is no zemindar, he yields a portion of those profits to a representative of the former zemindar.1 When neither of these restrictions is present, he is practically a zemindar; although he may still be called by the name of talookdar, after he has outgrown its limitations. It is certain that in some cases the talookdar enjoyed full zemindary rights, although in others he did not.
In any case his chief direct emolument was, like that of the modern zemindar, the surplus revenue, or a share thereof, after paying the sum engaged for, although he had also julkur and similar rights;2 and as the talookdars grew powerful and the Government grew weak, they contrived always to be very lightly assessed.3 So that one of the results of the re-distribution into larger districts, which was intended to destroy the old zemindars, was ultimately to create a more powerful class of talookdars. The talookdars are said to have cultivated only a very small portion of the talook themselves, sufficient to supply their establishments with food;* so that they derived no benefit from this source. Their main emoluments were the surplus revenue and the other perquisites which were independent of the cultivation of land by them.
1 Directions for Revenue Officers, 50, 54, 55, 57.
■ Land Tenure by a Civilian, 75.
• Ib., 68, 75.
account of the talookdar by quoting some of the descrip- position.
1 Thomnson's Selections, 18.
'lb., 18, 19, 25, 26.
* Ib., 23.
1 Directions for Revenue Officers, 56, 57.
3 Robinson's Land Tenures, 13.
6 Land Tenure by a Civilian, 87.
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I counted 179 "i"s in that text.
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