Firoz Shah Tughlaq abolished 24 oppressive taxes (Abwabs) and strictly collected only those taxes sanctioned by the Sharia (Islamic law), except for one additional tax which he imposed with the explicit consent of the Ulema. Identify this additional tax.

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Firoz Shah constructed a massive network of canals to aid agriculture. After consulting the religious scholars (Ulema), he imposed an irrigation tax called 'Haqb-i-Sharb' or 'Hasil-i-Sharb' at the rate of 10% of the produce on the lands irrigated by state-built canals. Zakat and Khams were standard Sharia taxes.

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