History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-I)
In the early modern period, who was known as 'Ummal'?
ATax-payer
BTax-collector ✓ Correct
CZamindar
DHead of the village
Correct answer: (B) Tax-collector — It was the tax-collector, so the answer is tax-collector.
Explanation
★It was the tax-collector, so the answer is tax-collector.
★In the early modern period the Ummal was the tax-collector.
★The muqaddam was the village headman and the abwab was a cess.
★The diwan-i-wizarat was the finance department.
★The ghari was a house tax and the fawazil was a surplus amount.
★So the Ummal in this period was the tax-collector.
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