s. m. (M.), ) The Government share of agricultural produce. Under former governments it was well-defined and was known by this name. The share varied from one-eighth to half of the crop, and was either taken before or after deducting the pay of the village servants; but in this respect the practice varied according to local circumstances and considerations of policy. The Mahsúl is still invariably separated off where a tenant cultivates and is always taken by the person—landlord or tenant—who pays the land-revenue to Government. From the indolence of the owners or tenants, and the fear of a cash assessment, a class of persons have sprung up not connected with the land who receive the Mahsúl and pay the land revenue, keeping the profit or bearing the loss. A proprietor often authorizes a money-lender to receive the Mahsúl and pay the land-revenue; or the lambardár often takes the Mahsúl from a proprietor who is a bad manager, pays the land-revenue from it, and keeps the balance:—mahsúl khor, s. m. The person who receives the Mahsúl—landlord, tenant or outsider—is called Mahsúl khor, but the term is especially used of the class above described, who, not being landlord or tenant, speculate in the Masúl. In the Dera Gházi Khan district the Biloch tumandárs were as a matter of policy, allowed to receive the Mahsúl and pay the land-revenue, keeping the profit for themselves; also see Masúl.