| Term | Meaning |
| Diwan-i-Arz | Military department during Sultanate |
| Ariz-i-Mamalik | Head of Military Department during Sultanate. |
| Diwan-i-Risalat | Department of religious matters presided over by Sadr who was the leading Qazi (Sultanate). |
| Diwan-i-Insha | State correspondence department during Sultanate. |
| Barid | Intelligence agents during Sultanate |
| Wakil-i-Dar | Controller of Royal Household during Sultanate |
| Amil (Delhi Sultunate) | Head of Pargana (unit of land administration) |
| Khut | Landowner during Sultanate period |
| Muqaddam | Village Headman during Sultanate period and assisted authorities in land revenue collection. |
| Zimmis | Hindu subjects of the Islamic world who had to pay religious tax of Jizya to get state protection |
| Charai | Grazing tax during Sultanate period. |
| Ghari | House tax during Sultnate period. |
| Zakat | Tax on flocks, herds, gold, silver, commercial capital and agricultural produce during Sultnate period. |
| Kharaj | Tax on land during Sultanate period. |
| Abwabs | Illegal/additional taxed which began in the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq |
| Diwan-i-Riyasat | Officials who supervised market affairs; appointed by Allaudin Khilji |
| Khalisa Land | The revenue earned from these lands goes directly in the Imperial Treasury. |
| Inam Lands | They were 50% cultivable wastelands and a holder was expected to extend cultivation in Mughal Administration. |
| Madad-i-Maash | Charitable tax-free grants of land during Mughals |
| Araghatta | Waterwheel used for Irrigation |
| Jama Dami | Assessed income based on dams |
| Ahadis | Gentlemen troopers during Mughals |
| Baraq-andaz | Musketeers during Mughal |
| Walashahis | Royal Bodyguards during Mughals. |
| Khudkasht | Peasant who owned the land and paid revenue at customary rates during Mughals |
| Muzarian | Tenant farmers who paid revenue at a higher rate during Mughals. |
| Banjaras | Traders-nomads as described by Peter Mundy in early 17th century. |
| Sijda | Low prostration before the Mughal kings |
| Marakkars | They were muslim traders from Arab who settled in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, adopted local languages and customs such as matrilineal marriages. |
