Question Answers the delhi Sultans

Q5. According to the “Circle of Justice”, why was it important for military commanders to keep the interests of the peasantry in mind?

Answer 5 : According to the Circle of Justice, it was important for the military commanders to keep the interests of the peasants in mind because the salaries of the soldiers came from the revenue collected from the peasants and peasants could pay the revenue only when they were prosperous and happy.

Question 6: What is meant by the "internal" and "external' frontiers of the Sultanate?

Answer: Internal' frontiers of the sultanate consisted of the 'hinterland' of the garrison towns. The 'external' frontiers refer to the unconquered territories especially in the southern parts of the subcontinent.

Question 7: What were the steps taken to ensure that muqtis performed their duties? Why do you think they may have wanted to defy the orders of the Sultans?

Answer: To ensure that the muqtis performed their duties their office was made non inheritable, and they kept getting shifted from one iqta to another.

Q8. What was the impact of the Mongol invasions on the Delhi Sultanate?

Ans; Alauddin Khilji constructed new garrisons at Siri for his soldiers. He imposed a tax on land to feed to his army at the rate of 50% of peasant’s yields. He began to pay the cash to his soldiers.

Muhammad Tuglaq shifted his people from Delhi to Daultabad in south and thus converted Delhi into garrison town. He also disbanded the army. He also paid to soldiers in cash.

Question 9: Do you think the authors of tawarikh would provide information about the lives of ordinary men and women?

Answer: No. The authors of tawarikh did not provide information about ordinary men and women. This was because they wrote in expectation of rewards by the sultan.

Question 10: Raziyya Sultan was unique in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. Do you think women leaders are accepted more readily today?

. Answer: Raziya Sultan, though a capable ruler, was not accepted by Turkish nobles. They were not comfortable having a queen as ruler. Her regime ended within four years. Today women leaders are accepted more readily. They have become President and Prime minister of our nation. Still there are challenges they have to face due to gender bias.

Question 11: Why were the Delhi Sultans interested in cutting down forests? Does deforestation occur for the same reasons today?

Answer: Delhi Sultans were interested in cutting down forests because they wanted to encourage agriculture on the land.

Additional Questions

Q1 What was the term 'iqta'stood for, during the Sultanate period?

Ans: Land assigned to military commanders.

Q2. What were three types of taxes collected by Delhi Sultans?

Ans; There were three types of taxes– (1) on cultivation called kharaj and amounting to about 50 per cent of the peasant’s produce, (2) on cattle and (3) on houses.

 Q3. What were the duties of the Muqties?

Ans; To lead military campaigns and maintain law and order in their iqtas . To collect revenue and to give pay to soldiers.