Note 3 — Chapter V · A New and an Old Acquaintance.

“We must also be grateful to his councillors,” said the magistrate, “particularly to Todar Mal,3 the treasurer, who worked out the system; and to Abú-l Fazl, the great Wazir, who put the last touch to the work, and repressed with severity the extortions of the Government officers. If in the beginning these measures appeared to diminish the revenues of the state, in the long run it has been quite the contrary; but had the revenues been lessened, still they would have been far more productive, because the payments are certain and punctual.”