"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎١‎٣‎٧] (٣٨٨/١٩٠)

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iwLo kehsets, or handfuls. The great tax is the tax of Shiraz,
because j K & j ^. j I jixz* Jqffer hen Ahi Zoheir spoke to
Haroun Ar'rasheid on the subject, and he ordered that a third and
a fourth should be paid. The tribute of Istakhar is not so con
siderable as that of Shiraz.
The tax of division is of two kinds. The better is that of the
Emir al Moumenin Omar, (may God reward him !) and the other
khalifs, which divides into tens, threes, and fours. These are
taxes paid on the products of agriculture, and various other
duties and tributes, nearly the same as in other countries.
In all Pars there is not any mint, except at Shiraz. The land
belongs to the sovereign: he lets it out to farm at certain rents.
There was not any tax in Pars on shops, or work-houses, or gar
dens, or trees, Ali hen Isa laid a tax on them
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in the year 302 *.
# A. D. 914—most probably our author's own time.