SULTANATE OF DELHI

I.Choose the correct answer:

1. The Mamaluk rulewas founded by———–.

Qutb-ud-din-aibak.

2. The firstTurkish ruler to introduce Arabic coinage was ——-

Iltumish.

3. The poet knownas the parrot of India was————-

Amir Khusru.

4. The founder ofthe Sayyid dynasty was ————-

Khizr Khan.

5. Babur the rulerof Kabul was invited by————— to invade India

Daulat Khan Lodi.

II.Fill in the blanks:-

1. Quat-ul-Islammosque at Ajmer was built by Qutb-din-aibak.

2. The first womanruler of the sultanate period was Raziah.

3. The founder ofthe Tughlag dynasty was Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq.

4. Bahlol lodioccupied the throne of Delhi in 1457 AD.

5. Sikhandar Shah Lodienjoyed Shenai music.

III.Match the following:-

1. Qutb in dinaibak — lakh bakh.

2. Balban — Devineright theory.

3. Jalal-ud-din —Policy of peace.

4. Prince juna khan— Tughlaq.

5. Timur — Rulerof Samarqand.

IV.Answer the following:-

1. How didQuit-ud-din-aibak save his infant empire?

· Inorder to save his empire he made many matrimonial alliances and shifted hiscapital to Lahore.

· Hesuccessfully put down his enemies and firmly established his hold over India.

2.How was Balban able to destroy the corps forty?

· Balpancurtailed and destroyed the corps of forty by giving them severe punishment andpromoting juniors important juniors to important positions.

· Heintroduced a well organized spy system.

3.Write a short note on Ala-ud-din khilji army?0

· Apermanent standing army was organized by Ala-ud-din.

· Heintroduced the system of branding of horses and descriptive roll of individualsoldiers to prevent corruption.

4.What were the public works introduced by Firoz Tughlaq?

· Firozgave importance to public works.

· Heexcavated many irrigations canal, constructed 50 dams, 150 well and 100bridges.

· Hebuilt the towns like Firozabad and Fatebad, Taunpur and Hissar.

· Firozprohibited all kinds of mutilation and torture.

5.Give a short note of Timurs invasion.

· Theruler of Samarqand, timur was attracted by the fabulous wealth of Hindustan.

· Heinvaded India during the period of Nasir Mohamed Tughlaq.

· Thesultan and his prime minister opposed timur.

· Timurdefeated them and occupied Delhi ibn 1398 AD.

· Hisinvasions led to the decline of the Tughlug dynasty.

V.Details

1.How did Iltumish put down his enemies and strengthen his position?

· Iltumishwas surrounded by enemies on all sides.

· Heput them down and strengthened his position.

· Asyalduz considered himself to be the successor of Mohamed of Ghori Iltumishdefeated

him and put him todeath.

· Hedrove out Nasir-ud-din Qubacha, the rule of Uch and Multan from Punjab.

· Bengalwas also brought under his control.

· Iltumishput down the result of the khilji maliks of bengal in 1230 AD.

· InRajputana ,Iltumish recaptured Ranthambore and mandor.

· Hedefeated udai singh the ruler of jalor and made him a feudatory.

· Thangiri,Ajmir,Sambha, Nagur, Kalinjar and Gwalior were captured by him.

· Iltumishre-established his authority over Badaun, kanauj, Beneras and katchar the doabregion between the ganga and the Yamuna.

2.Describein detail the conquests of Ala-ud-din-khilji in north and south India.

· Ala-ud-dinkhilji ascended the throne in 1296 AD. He consolidated his hold over NorthIndia and invaded south india also.

· Conquestsin the north.

· Ala-ud-dinkhilji sent a strong army uner his Generals Ulugh- khan and Nusrat khan toconquer Gujarat and they succeeded in doing so.

· Ranthamborewas captured and its ruler Hamir deva was killed.

· Dhan,Chanderi,Marwar and Jalor were also captured.

Conquestin south:-

· Ala-ud-dinkhilji was the first sultan invaded south india.

· Hesent his most trust worthy General Malik kafur of the south.

· RamachandraDeva the ruler of Devagiri Pratapurudha II of Warangal and vira Ballala

–III the hoysalaruler were defeated and made vassals of delhi.

· Thekingdoms of south accepted the overlordship of Ala-ud-din khilji and agreed to paytribute to him.

3.Give an account of the domestic policies of Mohamed-bin-Tughlug.

· Mohamed–bin-Tughlaq raised to fill up his empty treasury.

· Toavoid heavy taxes the people ran away to the forests.

· Ascultivation was neglected severe famines occurred.

· Herealized his mistake and sanctioned loans and dug the canals to overcomefamine, but it was too late.

· Mangolswere often invading the Indian frontiers.

· Inorder to protect his capital, he transformed his capital from Delhi toDevagiri.

· Dueto practical difficulties he ordered them to return back to Delhi.

· Coppercurrency system was introduced by Sultan.

· Theofficial Machinery was not appointed to mint coins.

· So,the people started minting coins in huge numbers.

· Thevalue of coins fell so low that theSultan withdrew the copper token currency.

· Thedomestic policies of Mohamed bin-Tughlag were good but his operative measuresended in a failure.

· Hischaracter of taking hasty decisions and in operative policies were responsiblefor the decline of the Delhi Sullanate.

4.Writein detail about the administrative of the Delhi Sultanate.

Administrativeunder the Delhi sultanate.

·  The sultanate of Delhi which extended from1206 AD to 1526AD was a Theocratic as well as a military state.

· Administrationwas based on Islamic laws.

Centraladministration:

· Thesultan was the head of the empire.

· Therewere six ministers to assist him.

· Manyofficials were also appointed to take care of the

administration.

ProvincialAdministration:

· Theempire was divided into several Iqtas.

· Iqtaswere divided into smaller units called shiqqss pparganas and the villagers.

Localadministrations:

· Thevillage was the smallest unit of administration.

· Thevillager officers carried out the administrations.

Revenueadministration:

· Landrevenue was the main source of income.

· Traderevenue was the main source of income.

· Tradetax, house tax, horse tax, mines tax etc. were some of the taxes collectedduring the sultanate period.

Judicialadministration:

· Thesultan was the highest judicial authority.

· Qazi-ul-quzarin every town Military administration.

· Thesultan was the commander of the army.

· Thefour divisions of the army were the royal army, provincial or Governors army,feudal army and war time army.

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