Q. With reference to Sultanate era, the terms amil, karkun and mutasarrif stand for__:
Answer: Clerks of revenue department
Notes: The Wazir's office was called the Diwan – i – Wizarat . Below him in the same department was a deputy called the Naib Wazir . This section handled finance , the income and expenditure of the empire were handled by two official the Mushrif – i Mumalik (income) and the Mustaufi – i Mumalik (expenditure) . Subordinate to him were the clerks in the office who were called Amils, Karkun , and Mutasarrif.