chihil

However, the structure's designation was later changed to the more Irano-Islamic sounding chihil sutun, literally the palace of forty pillars.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

This exaction represents the chihil yak or one-in-forty exaction claimed by Muslim rulers.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The Islamicate chihil yak shown here differs from the exactions claimed by Sarwar and Omar Khan in Tank and Darraband, respectively (see earlier).

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008