The Encyclopaedia of Islam

Glossary and index of terms to vols. 1-9, and to the supplement, fasc. 1-6

nimʻa + RAHMA nimekare ( P ) : a land - leasing system in Kurdish Iran , in
which the landowner leases out the irrigated lands and supplies the seed , and
the peasant supplies the work , with the landowner taking three - fifths of the
harvest ...