The Seljuq state valued military service over fiscal yield
Evidence
The state was interested in military service rather than in revenue, and this new form of iqtļ¬aĀÆ was no longer deļ¬ned by its ļ¬scal value but by the military service renĀ dered, i.e., the number of soldiers maintained. ā Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 363