IN‘AM or Inam

IN‘AM(Inam)

Any payment in the Delhi sultanate, and also in the successor states, not linked to military obligation, often in the form of a revenuefree grant, was called in‘am. Under the Lodi dynasty, Hindu dignitaries were remunerated for their piety and cooperation with the administration through in‘am grants. In‘am grants, like other similar  grants, were ordinarily neither transferable nor resumable, but the

sultan had a right to cancel them. Succession to a grant was to be regulated by the order of the sultan rather than the rules of shariah.