Which of the following terms are used for 'peasants' in Indo-Persian sources?

A. Raiyat
B. Muzarian
C. Do-Fasla
D. Jins-i-Kamil

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B only

The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B only

The term which Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period most frequently used to denote a peasant was raiyat (plural, riaya) or muzarian. In addition, we also encounter the terms kisan or asami. Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants - khud-kashta and pahi-kashta.The former PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE 198 were residents of the village in which they held their lands. The latter were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became pahi-kashta either out of choice - for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable - or out of compulsion - for example, forced by economic distress after a famine.

So, the correct option is [1].