The term 'Khalisa' in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for
The term 'Khalisa' in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for Correct Answer Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
In the 31st year of Akbar's reign, the jama of the khalisa in the province of Delhi,Awadh and Allahabad amounted to less than 5% of the total revenue. Under Jahangir,almost 9/10 of the temtory was assigned in jagir and only 1/10 was available for thekbalisa. The ratio of jagir and khalisa kept fluctuating. Under Shah Jahan, it rose tooneeleventh and, by the 20th year, it was nearly one-seventh. The trend continued inthe next reign; in the 10th year of Aurangzeb, the jama of the khalisa amounted toalmost one-fifth of the total. However, in the later part of Aurangzeb's reign, there wasa great pressure on the khalisa as the number of claimants forjagir increased with theincrease of the number of mansabdars.