Al-istan

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Definition of "Al-istan"

Historically, taxation incumbent on the rural population of fiefs and state domains. It was usually a certain proportion (muqasamah) of the produce of land (sometimes to the extent of 50 per cent of the produce). This was a distortion of the taxation system of the shari‘ah, which prescribed ‘ushr or kharaj.


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