144 MeynarcVs Ibn Khordddbeh. [No. 2, 



10 Difhams. This does not square either with the prices of grain in 

 those days, nor with the size of the Jaryb which I have found. There 

 must be something wrong in my calculations, and I therefore would 

 call the attention of men in India, who take an interest in such 

 matters, to the subject. They have means of ascertaining facts con- 

 nected with revenue and agriculture, which are wanting in Europe. 



I now insert a statement of the revenue of the other provinces of 

 the empire of the Khalyfs, according to Qodama.* He usually gives 

 the numbers and names of the districts into which every province 

 was divided for the sake of administration, and states the totals of the 

 revenue. As the MS. is very incorrect, I omit the names of districts 

 and confine myself to the provinces : 



Dirhams. 



Ahwaz, 18,000,000 



Fans, 24,000,000 



Kerman, 6,000,000 



Mekran, the Moqatea amounted, 1,000,000 



Ispahan, 10,500,000 



Sijistan, the Irtifa' revenue, according to agree- 

 ment, amounted to, „. „ 1,000,000 



60,500,000 



Khorasan. If I understand right, this immense 

 province was leased to Abd Allah b. Tahir, that 

 is to say, he received the whole revenue, defray- 

 ed the expenses of administration, and kept the 

 surplus after having sent the tax to the treasury 

 of the Khalyf in cash including the value of a cer- 

 tain number of horses and slaves furnished to him, 38,000,000 



Mah-Kufa, i. e. Daynawar, 1,000,000 



Mah-Bacra, i. e, Nohawand, 800,000 



Hamadan, ,. 1,700,000 



Masibzan, 1,100,000 



Mahrjan-Qazaq, 1,200,000 



Qomm and Qoshan, 3,000,000 



* Which may be compared with that of Ibn Khordadbeh. 



