Glossary

• ijara

  tenancy

• ijaradar

  a leaseholder of revenue rights or land

• inʿam

  reward, grant of tax-free land

• inʿamdar

  the holder of a grant of tax-free land

• inʿami

  referring to tax-exempt village lands or revenues

  derived from inʿam

• iqrar

  legal declaration

• istamalat

  provisional settlement of annual revenue demand

  For more information on this revenue-specific usage of the term, which also means "encouragement" or "conciliation," see Richard Jenkins, Report on the Territories of the Rajah of Nagpore, pg. 159