The term 'Khalisa' in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for

In the 31st year of Akbar's reign, the jama of the khalisa in the province of Delhi, Awadh and Allahabad amounted to less than 5% of the total revenue. Under Jahangir, almost 9/10 of the temtory was assigned in jagir and only 1/10 was available for the kbalisa. The ratio of jagir and khalisa kept fluctuating. Under Shah Jahan, it rose to oneeleventh and, by the 20th year, it was nearly one-seventh. The trend continued in the next reign; in the 10th year of Aurangzeb, the jama of the khalisa amounted to almost one-fifth of the total. However, in the later part of Aurangzeb's reign, there was a great pressure on the khalisa as the number of claimants forjagir increased with the increase of the number of mansabdars.