moturpha

In the case of that tax the potential conflict lay with the fact that the Board of Revenue collected the moturpha, but the Board of Trade supervised the production of textiles by "Company" weavers.

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The moturpha tax was a contentious issue, as we saw above.

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The said Weavers have absconded, [and] as a considerable moturpha money is due from them to the circar you will please to take such measures as may be deemed proper by your honor in this case.

Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001

Note 27: According to H.H. Wilson, moturpha (also motarfa) included a variety of taxes indefinite in their amount and vexatious in their nature.

Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001

These conflicts will become more evident when I discuss issues such as the moturpha (below), a tax levied on weavers and their looms.

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