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Yunus Perveez i just hope they don't make him do any "k' arat' eh" to make things clearer.
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However, the colonially appointed Durrani sovereign's apparent benevolence on this point was in fact countervailed because in the same letter he also announced the deputation of a mirza and two subcontracted agents of Nur Muhammad to collect arat or export commission fees from all nomads carrying Afghan fruit to India. 50
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Muhammad Akbar claimed the state document he wielded entitled him to collect the same export commission rates in Kohat as at Dakka or any of the other official toll posts between Kabul and Peshawar. 51 Most of the Afghan nomads in Kohat had dispersed by the time Muhammad Akbar arrived, and most of those who remained and were found with fruit in their possession claimed insufficient resources to pay the required arat fees.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Abd al-Rahman monopolized the trade in a number of commodities, including local products, especially fruit, and imported goods such as salt. 52 Pursuit of fruit-trade profits for the Durrani state brought Muhammad Akbar to Kohat, and while there he pursued the derivative issue of arat fees, but execution of the salt monopoly also received his attention during his stay in the city.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Road tolls and transit taxes are usually termed rahdari in Iran and generally arat in Afghanistan during this period.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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However, in some instances arth is associated with export duty, which is more commonly termed arat.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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'Lucanus an Appulus anceps: nam Venusinus arat finem sub utrumque colonus.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Acuit, vel cum brevis est utraque, ut _deus, citus, datur, arat; _ vel cum positione longa est utraque, ut _sollers; _ vel alterutra positione longa dum ne natura longa sit, prior, ut _pontus; _ posterior, ut _cohors_.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Impressed with Mark's grip on Latin since as it goes beyond "agricola arat" I'm lost.
Chelsea Blog 2010
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Eu pot sa arat cat de bine vreau dar ce ii framanta pe toti aici?
deea // supermagnet Andreea Nastase 2010
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