A

ABKARI- 

Taxes or duties on manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors and intoxicating drugs.

ABAWAB -

 Miscellaneous taxes, cesses, imposts and charges    imposed under Muslim rule by Government servants   and  zamindars on ryots in addition to regular assessment  on   land. Sometimes levied on zaniindars as the price of forbearance, on the part of Government, from detailed investigations into their profits or actual receipts from lands according to hastobud,

Abwab Suhahdari :

 Abwab imposts levied by the authority of 

 Siibahdars.

 Abwab Jafar Khan :

 Abwab imposts introduced by Murshid Kuli  Khan

Abwab Shuja Khan :

 Abwab imposts introduced by Shujauddin  Khan. 

Abwab Kasim Khan :

 Abwab imposts introduced by Mir Kasim.

AIN : 

Law, rule, or regulation.

ALTAMGHA:

 A royal grant of land in perpetuity, ‘coastituing the nearest approach to landownership in the modem sense, which appears during the Mughal period’. A heritable jagir,

AMAL-DASTUR :

 Rules and regulations coming into effect at the  s accession of a ruler.

AMIL : 

Agent, officer, collector of revenue. Superintendent of a district or division either on the part of Government, zamindar, or renter.

AMILDAR :

 An intendant and collector of revenue, uniting civil, military and financial powers.

AMILNAMA :

 A written order or commission to manage or administer property. Also, a commission to take possession of lands in the name of Govermnent.

AMIN : 

A temporary collector or supervisor appointed to the charge of a district on the removal of a zamindar, or for any other particular purpose of local investigation or arrangement. Also, a revenue assessor under a provincial Diwan.

AMLAH :

 Agents, officers, the officers of Government collectively.

APPOINTED DAY - 

9th day september 1970 (in context of B L C Act 61)

ASAL :

 Original rent, exclusive of subsequent cesses.

ASAL TUMAR JAMA ; 

Original amount according to the roll called   tumar, Asham : Retinues.

ASHAM AMLAH : 

Jagir appropriations for support of troops for guard and garrison duties.

ASHAM SEPAYE (सिपाही) :

 Military Jagirs or assignments of lands  for defraying military expenses.

AURUNG :

 Place where goods were manufactured.

AYMI:

 A general designation of allowances to Muslim religious men.

B

Badastur (बदस्तूर) 
continue as earlier, पूर्ववत

 Bakashat land
 any land other land the proprietors private land which is for the time being in the cultativing possession of a proprietor or tenure holder (bta 21. a.3)

.Baki Kaiflyat: 

Remaining profit, surplus. The balance of profit arising from the original selling price of salt.

Bandobast:

 Settlement of revenue to be paid by zamindar, farmer or renter to Government, or by tenant to zamindar.

Banian :

 Hindu cashier or man of business in the service of an European, officer or trader.

Barkandaz :

 Armed guard, escort or watchman.

Bastu :

 Land used for building residential houses.-

Batai:

 Sharing the crops between Government or zamindar and ryots where public dues were received in kind.

Baze Jama :

 Miscellaneous heads of revenue in addition to rent for use of land. Also, lands held by Brahmins.

Baze kharch :

 Various contingent disbursements, and indemnities allowed to zamindars, in lieu of all expenses, otherwise unprovided for.

Baze zamin :

 Lands taken off the rent-roll as being granted for religious or charitable purposes or for use of Government officers such as kanungos and patwaris.

Bazkhwast, Bazyaft :

 Recovery of State dues,

Bhagjote :

 A share in a holding where the produce was divided between the zamindar and the cultivator. Other terms used in the same sense were Bargajote and Bhowlee.

Bigha :

 Unit of area, about one-third of an acre in Bengal.

Brahmottar :

 Lands appropriated for Hindu religious worship.

Bandobsat(बंदोबस्त)-

भू-राजस्व निर्धारण हेतु प्रचलित सर्वे का कार्यक्रम.

baye (बैय)
-sale of land , जमीं बेच देना. 

bedakhli (बेदखली) - ejectment ;

Barani (  बरानी )
 land dependent on rain water irrigation ; 

Buraji (बुराजी)
 - marking stone of survey; सर्वेक्षण का पत्थर.

C

 

Celling area -

 the area of land fixed under sec 4 as the celling area B L C A 61'

 

Chakeran: 

Rent-free lands allotted for maintenance of public seivants in lieu of wages.

Chakla:

 An administrative area consisting of several parganas. Unit of Khaha lands placed in charge of a chakladar.

Chaudhuri :

 Headman of a pargana. Superintendent of land revenue. Zamindar.

Chauki :

 Station for tolls and customs; also, guard stations.

Chaukidar :

 Village watchman.

Chauth :

 One-fourth of the revenue claimed by the Marathas from territories which they overran but did not administer.

Chauth Maratha :

 A Subahdari abwah introduced by Alivardi Khan to make up for the decrease in revenue caused by cession of Orissa to the Marathas.

Corpa ryot :

 Under-tenant of a ryot.

Crore :

 100 lakhs, 10 millions.

Cutchery :

 A landlord's office. Any office for transaction of public business.

D

Diara land 

- any land which is subject to diliuvion or alluvion on account of any change in the course of river or which lies between two embankments constructed to control a river and includes any land which may be surved as dusra land under the bengal survey act, 1875, or which after enquiry is declared as such by collector . (B L C Act 61)

Do fsla (दो फसला)

- a type of land which can produce two crop in a year; वर्ष में दो फसल उत्पन्न करने वाली भूमि.

Dadni :

 Money paid in advance to weavers and manufacturers.

Daftar :

 Register, record, office.

Dajtar khana : A record office. Any office.

Dalal: Broker.

Dam[दाम] : A copper coin, the twenty-fifth part of a paisa.

Dar [दार ]:

 Keeper, holder. A word sometimes put after another to form a compound word indicative of office or employment: zamin-dar Mar^ deh-dar (village keeper, inferior officer of rural police).  

 

Dar Patnidar :

 One holding a sub-lease from a patnidar*

Daroga :

A superintendent or overseer of any department, e.g., police, mint, etc.

Dastak :

 A document authorising the free transit of certain goods and their exemption from inland duties.

Dastur : 

A schedule of assessment, rates being stated in money. Custom. A customary fee or commission.

Dastur-ul-amal :

 Rules of business. Political and official regulations providing guidelines for servants of Government.

Deh :

 A village. A small area recognised as an administrative unit. 

Devottar :

 Land granted for Hindu religious purposes.

Diwan :

 Place of assembly. Revenue Minister. Provincial revenue officer. A nobleman’s or zamindar's revenue officer.

Diwani :

 Office or jurisdiction of a Diwan.

Diwani adalat :

 A court for administering civil law.

Durbar : The Court, the hall of audience. A levee.

Durbar kharch : Court charges.

E

Estate 

 land included under one entry  in any of the general register  of revenue paying lands and revenue free land prepared and maintained under the law for time being in force by the collector of a district. And includes government khas mahal and revenue free lands not entered in any register(B.T act 1885).

F

Farmer 

 a person whom the collection of taxes was contracted for a fee

Fasal rabi (फसल रबी )

 crop yelled in month of ashadh , अषाढ़ी फसलें 

Farigh khatti : A writ tep release.

Farman : A royal grant or charter.

Faiwa : A Judicial decree or judgement under Muslim Law.

.Faujdar :

 Officer in charge of general administration (police and criminal matters) of a portion of a province; ordinarily not concerned with revenue administration but sometimes employed as receiver-general of the revenues.

Faujdaran : grants of land for defence of frontiers.

Faujdari abwab :

 Assessments made by Faujdars. Also, a Subahdari impost levied by Shujauddin Khan from Faujdars in frontier districts. 

Faujdari adalat :

 A court for administering criminal law,

FauJ sebundy :

 Provincial troops. Local militia employed in the police.

G

Gair maurusi ( गैर मौरूसी ) 

१.tenant at will ; 

२.non occupancy raiyat ; 

३.रैयत जिसे बेदखल किया जा सकता है; 

४.रैयत जो सीधे जमींदार को लगान न देता हो.

Ganj : A granary, a depot, chiefly of grain for sale.

Wholesale market. A commercial depot.

Ghatwal :

 A person having charge of a pass in the hills or a landing place on a river.

Gulandazi :

 An advance made by Government or zamindar to ryots to carry out urgent repairs in embankments.

Gomasta : An assistant or subordinate.