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Why do u think barani criticised the sultan? |
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Answer» 39Like the earlier Sultans, the Khalji and Tughluqmonarchs appointed military commanders asgovernors of TERRITORIES of varying sizes. These landswere called iqta and their holder was called iqtadarormuqti. The duty of the muqtiswas to lead militarycampaigns and maintain law and order in their iqtas.In exchange for their military services, the muqtiscollected the revenues of their assignments as salary.They also paid their soldiers from these revenues.Control over muqtiswas most effective if their officewas not inheritable and if they were ASSIGNED iqtasfora short period of time before being shifted. These harshconditions of service were rigorously imposed duringthe REIGNS of Alauddin Khalji and MuhammadTughluq. ACCOUNTANTS were appointed by the state tocheck the amount of REVENUE collected by the muqtis.Care was taken that the muqticollected only the taxesprescribed by the state and that he kept the requirednumber of soldiers |
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