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gee, Pergunnah Wangee, Poona Collectorate, 15 beegahs of 
land to a mendicant for reading stories before the goddess 
Dawai at her festival; 15 beegahs to the tabor players at the 
temple ; 30 beegahs to the tumbling and dancing women at 
the temple; the clarinet and double-drum players had respect- 
ively similar Eenams; the gardener, for the supply of flowers, 
had 30 beegahs or 223 acres. These Eenams existed un- 
touched under the bigoted Moosulman government, and still 
remain. 
Surinjam.—Lands held in Surinjam involve the condition 
of military service: the term is of Persian origin, meaning 
“ furniture,” “‘apparatus,’” implying that the lands are to defray 
_ the expense of equipment: in fact, Surinjam is synonymous 
with military Jagheer. In the Poona Collectorate 181 vil- 
lages appear to be alienated in Surinjam. 
Doomalla.—Doomalla, in the etymology of the word, means 
“two rights” or ‘ properties,” from Do two, and Maal pro- 
perty: the term is only found in the list of villages of the 
Ahmednuggur Collectorate, applied to villages and lands 
granted to individuals, on which government has a reserved 
right. In this sense the tenure appears to be that of quit 
rent, and the term is synonymous with the Jooree Eenam of 
the Dharwar Collectorate. In the Ahmednuggur Collectorate 
58134 villages appear as Doomalla, but this, no doubt, includes 
Jagheer and Kenam villages. 
Eesaphut.—In the Poona Collectorate the term Eesaphut 
is applied to 374 villages: it is probably a corruption from the 
Arabic Zeaphut, meaning ‘‘ feast,” ‘‘ entertainment.” Lands 
so held are rent free, and may have been given to assist in 
celebrating festivals. 
In the Dharwar Collectorate the terms Jooree Eenam, 
Surwa Eenam, and Jagheer occur: the first corresponds to 
the Doomalla of Ahmednuggur, and is, in fact, a quit rent 
tenure; the second means “all gift,” from Swrwa “all,” and 
Eenam “gift,” there not being any tax or fee upon these 
lands : Jagheer has been explained before. 
Tenure of Deshmook and Desaee.—It is a general belief that 
these officers were coeval with the establishment of the land 
institutions of the Mahratta people.* Deshmooks were the 
civil governors of districts, collectors of the revenue, and 
executive officers of the government. The name is probably 
a corruption of the Sanscrit Deshuk, a governor or ruler. In 
early times they were exclusively Mahrattas, and not Brah- 
mans or Moosulmans. The importance of the office is at- 
* I mean, of course, long antecedent to the Moosulman invasion, 
