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jumma|ˈdʒʌmə|
Also jama, jummah.
[ad. Hind. jama collection, amount, account, a. Arab. jama' total, aggregate.]
During British rule in India, the assessment for land revenue from an estate or division of country. So jummaˈbundi [Pers.-Arab. jama'bandī (Hind. bandī, a. Pers. bandi a tie, band; Skr. bandh bind)], the settlement of the revenues; the document recording this settlement.
1772H. Verelst View of Bengal 214 The rents of the province, according to the Jummabundy, or rent-roll... The amount..was taken at a considerable discount from the former Jumma or valuation. 1800Asiatic Ann. Reg., Proc. Parl. 38/1 The collections on the current jumma have fallen short 16,875l. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXI. 672/1 Jumma-bundee Customs. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 926/2 Model of a Jamma Bundi. Collector making the annual jambundi. 1858J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 269 When he reached the station he found the magistrate absent on jumabundy. 1892B. H. Baden-Powell Land-Syst. Brit. India I. i. i. 24 To say that the ‘jama’ of village A. is Rs. 300 means that the Government Land Revenue demand on the village as a whole is Rs. 300 each year. Ibid. II. iv. i. 563 The ‘jamabandí’ is perhaps the most generally useful of all the papers. |