DELHI SULTANATE Flashcards

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SLAVE DYNASTY WAS ALSO CALLED?

A

MAMLUK DYNASTY. MAMLUK WAS THE QURANIC TERM FOR SLAVE.

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WHICH RULER WAS CALLED LAKH BAKSH OR GIVER OF LAKHS?

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MUSLIM WRITERS CALLED QUTUBDDIN AYBAK LAKH BAKSH BECAUSE HE GAVE LIBERAL DONATIONS TO THEM.

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QUTUBDDIN AYBAK DIED PLAYING CHAUGAN IN 1210. WHAT IS CHAUGAN?

A

HORSE POLO.

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ILTUMISH
1. ILTUMISH BELONGED TO ______ TRIBE.
2. HIS BROTHER SOLD HIM AS A SLAVE TO _______.
3. LATER AIBAK APPOINTED HIM AS IQTADAR OF ________.

A
  1. ILBARI TRIBE.
  2. QUTUBDDIN AYBAK.
  3. GWALIOR.
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WHO RECIEVED THE MANSUR, THE LETTER OF RECOGNITION, FROM THE ABBASID CALIPH IN 1229?

A

ILTUMISH.

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HEREDITARY SUCCESSION TO DELHI SULTANATE WAS INITIATED BY?

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ILTUMISH, WHEN HE NOMINATED HIS DAUGHTER RAZIYA AS HIS SUCCESSOR.

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THE ARABIC COINAGE AND THE SILVER TANKA WAS INTRODUCED TO INDIA BY?

A

ILTUMISH.

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GHIYASUDDIN BALBAN, WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ULUGH KHAN, SERVED AS NAIB OR REGENT TO SULTAN_________.

A

NASIRUDDIN MAHMUD.

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WHAT WAS CORPS OF FORTY?

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ALSO KNOWN AS DAL CHALISA OR TURKAN-E-CHAHALGANI, WAS A COUNCIL OF 40 MOSTLY TURKIC SLAVE EMIRS WHO ADMINISTERED THE DELHI SULTANATE AS PER THE WISHES OF THE SULTAN. HOWEVER, THEIR NUMBER WAS NOT ALWAYS 40, BARANI CLEARLY MENTIONS THAT TURKAN-E-CHAHALGANI NUMBERED 25 AS WELL.

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CORPS OF FORTY WAS INITIALLY FORMED BY?

A

SHAMSUDDIN ILTUMISH.

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WHO DESTROYED THE CORPS OF FORTY?

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GHIYASUDDIN BALBAN.

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A SEPARATE MILITARY DEPARTMENT DIWAN-I-ARZ WAS ESTABLISHED BY?

A

GHIYASUDDIN BALBAN.

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WHO INTRODUCED THE SYSTEM OF DAGH AND PREPARED HULIYA?

A

ALAUDDIN KHALJI INTRODUCED THE SYSTEM OF DAGH (BRANDING OF HORSES) AND PREPARED HULIYA (DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF SOLDIERS).

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TERM SHAHNA-I-MANDI MEANING DURING DELHI SULTANATE?

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ALAUDDIN KHALJI ESTABLISHED FOUR SEPARATE MARKETS IN DELHI. EACH MARKET WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF A HIGH OFFICER CALLED SHAHNA-I-MANDI.

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WHO CREATED DIWANI RIYASAT?

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ALAUDDIN KHALJI CREATED A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT CALLED DIWANI RIYASAT UNDER AN OFFICIAL CALLED NAIB-I-RIYASAT.

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16
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WHO WERE MUNHIYANS DURING DELHI SULTANATE?

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SECRET AGENTS OF ALAUDDIN KHALJI WHO USED TO SENT REPORTS TO THE SULTAN REGARDING THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MARKETS ESTABLISHED BY HIM.

17
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WHO WAS THE FIRST SULTAN OF DELHI WHO ORDERED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF LAND?

A

ALAUDDIN KHALJI.

18
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THE INTRODUCTION OF PAYING SALARIES IN CASH TO THE SOLDIERS LED TO PRICE REGULATIONS POPULARLY CALLED AS MARKET REFORMS. THIS WAS DONE BY WHICH DELHI SULTAN?

A

ALAUDDIN KHALJI.

19
Q

TERM JAUHAR MEANING?

A

SELF IMMOLATION.
EXAMPLE RANI PADMINI PERFORMED JAUHAR.

20
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ALAUDDIN KHALJI’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE CONQUEST OF DECCAN AND THE FAR SOUTH. THIS REGION WAS RULED BY FOUR IMPORTANT DYNASTIES. THEY WERE?

A
  1. YADAVAS OF DEVAGIRI
  2. KAKITYAS OF WARANGAL
  3. HOYSALAS OF DWARASAMUDRA
  4. PANDYAS OF MADURAI.
21
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ALTHOUGH ALAUDDIN KHALJI WAS ILLITERATE, HE PATRONIZED POETS LIKE _______ & ________.

A

AMIR KHUSRAU AND AMIR HASAN.

22
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ALAI DARWAZA IS BUILT BY?

A

ALAUDDIN KHALJI. HE ALSO CONSTRUCTED A NEW CAPITAL AT SIRI.

23
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ULUGH KHAN WAS SAID TO HAVE TREACHEROUSLY KILLED HIS FATHER AND ASCENDED THE THRONE WITH THE TITLE ___________ IN 1325.

A

MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ.

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ONLY DELHI SULTAN TO RECIEVE A COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY, RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION?

A

MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ.

25
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WHY MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ INTRODUCED TOKEN CURRENCY?

A

THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF SILVER THROUGH OUT THE WORLD IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
KUBLAI KHAN ISSUED PAPER MONEY IN CHINA. IN THE SAME MANNER, MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ ISSUED COPPER COINS AT PAR WITH THE VALUE OF SILVER TANKA COINS.

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WHAT IS DIWANI-I-KOHI WHAT ARE TAKKAVI LOANS?

A

MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ LAUNCHED TAKKAVI LOANS (LOANS FOR CULTIVATION) WERE GIVEN TO THE FARMERS TO BUY SEED AND TO EXTEND CULTIVATION. A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT FOR AGRICULTURE, DIWAN-I-KOHI WAS ESTABLISHED.
MODEL FARM UNDER THE STATE WAS CREATED IN AN AREA OF 64 METRE SQUARE MILES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT SPENT SEVENTY LAKH TANKAS. THIS EXPERIMENT WAS FURTHER CONTINUED BY FIROZ TUGHLAQ.

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UNDER WHICH RULER BENGAL BECAME FREE FROM THE CONTROL OF DELHI SULTANATE?

A

FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ.

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TAXES BY FIROZ SHAH TUGHLUQ?

A

HE STRICTLY FOLLOWED THE ADVICE OF THE ULEMAS IN RUNNING THE ADMINISTRATION.
1. REVIVED IQTA SYSTEM AND MADE IT HEREDITARY.
2. JIZYA STRICTLY IMPOSED ON NON MUSLIMS.
3. HE WAS THE FIRST SULTAN TO IMPOSE IRRIGATION TAX.
4. SPECIAL TAX ON 28 ITEMS WAS ABOLISHED BY HIM SINCE THEY WERE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC LAW. HE ALSO DEVELOPED ROYAL FACTORIES CALLED KARKHANAS.

29
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WHAT WAS DIWAN-I-KHAIRAT?

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A NEW DEPARTMENT CALLED DIWANI-I-KHAIRAT WAS CREATED TO TAKE CARE OF ORPHANS AND WIDOWS.
FREE HOSPITALS AND MARRIAGE BUREAU FOR POOR MUSLIMS WERE ALSO ESTABLISHED.

30
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SCHOLARS LIKE AFIF AND BARANI WERE PATRONIZED BY?

A

FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ.

31
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WHEN TIMUR INVADED DELHI IN 1398 HE WAS OPPOSED BY DELHI SULTANS.
TRUE/FALSE.

A

FALSE, WHEN TIMUR ENTERED DELHI THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION AND HE SACKED DELHI FOR THREE DAYS MURDERING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND LOOTING ENORMOUS WEALTH.

32
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THE COMMANDER OF SOUTH INDIAN EXPEDITION UNDER ALAUDDIN KHALJI WAS?

A

MALIK KAFUR.

33
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WHICH DELHI SULTAN COLLECTED SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LIBRARY AT JAWALAMUKHI TEMPLE?

A

FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ COLLECTED 1300 SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS.

34
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SCHOLAR HASAN NIZAMI WAS PATRONIZED BY?

A

QUTUBDDIN AYBAK.

35
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WHICH DELHI SULTAN INTRODUCED RIGOROUS COURT DISCIPLINE AND NEW CUSTOMS SUCH AS PROSTRATION AND KISSING THE SULTAN’S FEET TO PROVE HIS SUPERIORITY OVER THE NOBLES?

A

GHIYASUDDIN BALBAN.

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PERSIAN FESTIVAL OF NAUROZ WAS INTRODUCED BY?

A

GHIYASUDDIN BALBAN.

37
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THEORY OF KINGSHIP WAS GIVEN BY?

A

GHIYASUDDIN BALBAN.
THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE THEORY OF KINGSHIP OF BALBAN WERE: KINGSHIP IS THE VICE-REGENCY OF GOD ON EARTH. THE KING IS THE SHADOW OF GOD.