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2 - Maharashtra and the Deccan: a Note

from VII - State and the Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2008

By
H. Fukazawa
Edited by
Tapan Raychaudhuri  and
Irfan Habib
H. Fukazawa
Affiliation:
Hitotsubashi University
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Summary

The states dominating the Deccan during the period under review may be divided into three groups: the Deccan Muslim kingdoms (especially the Nizāmshāhī kingdom of the western Deccan for 1489-1636, the Qutbshāhī kingdom of the eastern Deccan for 1512-1687, and the ‘Ādilshāhā kingdom of the southern Deccan for 1489–1686); the Maratha kingdom of the western Deccan since the middle of the seventeenth century; and the Mughal empire which annexed the Muslim kingdoms one after another and finally shared the hegemony over the Deccan with the Marathas since the beginning of the eighteenth century.

Although the purpose of this chapter is to point out and analyse the impacts of the administrative system, policies and political conditions of the states on the economy of the Deccan, the discussion cannot but be sketchy due to the paucity of information.

PEACE AND SECURITY

Although the peace and security in the Deccan was often disturbed by wars between the Deccan Muslim kings, Mughals and Marathas as well as famines and droughts as discussed in chapter XV there was a fairly elaborate military bureaucracy from the centre down to the village to maintain the peace and security in the state throughout the period. Muslim kings, Maratha rulers, and the Mughal governors of the Deccan all appointed a military administrator (called faujdār or havāladār in the Muslim states, and mamlatdār by the Marathas) in each district, and a commander at every fort along with a contingent to protect the security of the region.

Keywords

Adilshahi kingdomDeccan Muslim kingdomsland-revenue systemMaratha kingdomMuslim statesShivajisouth India
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The Cambridge Economic History of India , pp. 193 - 203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1982

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