INDIA UNDER THE DELHI SULTANATE Flashcards
ILTUMISH, MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ AND FIROZ TUGHLAQ OBTAINED MANSUR FROM CALIPH.
MEANING OF MANSUR?
LETTER OF PERMISSION.
DUTIES OF NAIB AND WAZIR UNDER DELHI SULTANATE?
- NAIB- MOST POWERFUL POST.
- PRACTICALLY ENJOYED ALL THE POWERS OF SULTAN AND EXERCISED GENERAL CONTROL OVER ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. - NEXT TO HIM WAS WAZIR WHO WAS HEADING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT CALLED DIWANI WIZARAT.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT UNDER DELHI SULTANS WAS CALLED ______ AND WAS HEADED BY ________.
DIWANI ARIZ HEADED BY ARIZ-I-MUMALIK.
DELHI SULTANATE
1. ARIZ-I-MUMALIK WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECRUITING THE SOLDIERS AND ADMINISTERING THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
2. HE WAS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY.
TRUE/FALSE.
- TRUE
- FALSE, SULTAN HIMSELF WAS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY.
THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT (DELHI SULTANATE) WAS FIRST SET UP BY _______ AND LATER IMPROVED BY _______.
BALBAN, ALAUDDIN KHALJI.
WHAT WAS DIWANI RASALAT AND DIWANI INSHA IN DELHI SULTANATE?
- DIWANI RASALAT- DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS HEADED BY CHIEF SADR.
- DIWANI INSHA- DEPARTMENT OF CORRESPONDENCE.
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION (DIVISION OF PROVINCES) UNDER DELHI SULTANATE?
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1. IQTAS- UNDER MUQTIS OR WALIS
2. SHIQS- UNDER SHIQDAR
3. PARGANA- UNDER AMIL.
CATEGORIES OF LAND IN DELHI SULTANATE?
- IQTA LAND- ASSIGNED TO OFFICIALS AS IQTAS INSTEAD OF PAYMENT FOR THEIR SERVICES.
- KHALISA LAND- LAND UNDER THE CONTROL OF SULTAN AND THE REVENUES COLLECTED WERE SPENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ROYAL COURT AND ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.
- INAM LAND- LAND ASSIGNED OR GRANTED TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS OR INSTITUTIONS.
AGRICULTURE UNDER DELHI SULTANS
1. MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ AND FIROZ TUGHLAQ TOOK EFFORTS TO ENHANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BY PROVIDING IRRIGATIONAL FACILITIES AND BY PROVIDING TAKKAVI LOANS.
2. THEY ALSO ENCOURAGED THE FARMERS TO CULTIVATE SUPERIOR CROP LIKE WHEAT INSTEAD OF BARLEY.
3. MUHAMMAD TUGHLUQ ENCOURAGED THE GROWTH OF HORTICULTURE.
4. FIROZ TUGHLAQ CREATED A SEPARATE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, DIWANI KOHI.
TRUE/FALSE.
- TRUE
- TRUE
- FALSE, FIROZ TUGHLAQ
- FALSE, MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ.
COINS FROM DELHI SULTANS?
- SILVER TANKAS, DIVIDED INTO JITALS AND JITALS DIVIDED INTO DIRAMS.
- GOLD COINS OR DINARS BECAME POPULAR DURING ALAUDDIN KHALJI.
- MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ ISSUED ATLEAST 25 VARIETIES OF GOLD COINS.
STATUS OF COTTON TEXTILE AND SILK INDUSTRY DURING DELHI SULTANATE?
- COTTON TEXTILE AND SILK INDUSTRY FLOURISHED IN THIS PERIOD.
- SERICULTURE WAS INTRODUCED.
IN THE BEGINNING JIZIYA WAS COLLECTED AS PART OF LAND TAX. ________ SEPARATED IT FROM THE LAND REVENUE AND COLLECTED JIZIYA AS A SEPARATE TAX. SOMETIMES BRAHMINS WERE EXEMPTED FROM PAYING JIZIYA.
FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ.
KOTLA FORT AT DELHI WAS CREATED BY?
FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ.
MUSIC DURING DELHI SULTANATE?
- SARANGI AND RABAB INTRODUCED DURING THIS PERIOD.
- AMIR KHUSRAU INTRODUCED MANY NEW RAGAS SUCH AS GHORA AND SANAM.
- SITAR INVENTED BY AMIR KHUSRAU.
- PIR BHODAN, MUSICIAN- BELONGED TO THIS PERIOD.
INDIAN CLASSICAL WORK RAGADARPAN WAS TRANSLATED INTO PERSIAN DURING THE REIGN OF _______.
FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ.
