Tag: history

Following were the taxes during the Sultanate period:

• Kharaj is a tax imposed on agriculture. 
• Jaziya was taken from non-muslims. 
• Zakat is a religious obligation for all Muslims whereas Khums was a tax taken on plunder. 
  

Adhai din Jhonpra was a Masjid built by Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak, first Sultan of Delhi, in AD 1199 .

Mohammed bin Tughlaq, constructed the city of  Jahanpanah and Adilabad Fort. Adilabad Fort is referred to by historians as the fourth fort of Delhi, in the footsteps of famous contemporaries like Red Fort, Old Fort and the adjacent Tughlaqabad.

 Historians have described the Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq as the mixture of opposites because he was extremely humble but at the same time extremely arrogant. At many times, he was extremely generous and at other times, an extremely narrow-minded. 

Balban considered King as the shadow of God on the Earth, therefore, he called himself Naib-i-Khudai. He considered kingship next to prophethood and believes that his actions could not be judged by nobles or other people.

Ghiyasuddin Balban adopted the policy of stern man which is known as the policy of Blood and Iron. He believed that his power as the king was absolute. He claimed himself to be the representative of the Go. He believed in the divinity of Kingship. He introduced the Persian customs of Sijadah and Paibos.

Alauddin Khalji was very ambitious and to fulfil his ambition he was in need of a strong army. To manage the expenditure of army, he introduced the market controlling policy. He fixed the prices of goods. He set up a special department Shahna -i-Mandi. This department was responsible to look after royal granary,  This department supervised the market and kept an eye on weight and measures. Nobody was allowed to buy more than half a mound of corn at a time.