UPSC Principle and Vice Principle GK/GS History of India Part - 3
Under the Delhi Sultanate, what was ‘Iqta’?
Type: MCQ • Marks: 1
Under the Delhi Sultanate, what was ‘Iqta’?
Options
A. A personal direct market tax levied on all commercial commodities entering major cities
B. A special religious tax collected exclusively for the construction and upkeep of local mosques
C. A non-hereditary land assignment granted to officers in place of cash salary
D. A heavy judicial fine imposed by the chief Qazi on high-ranking administrative offenders
Explanation
A non-hereditary land assignment granted to in civil and criminal matters to ensure uniform officers in place of cash salary justice, while mandating compassionate Under the administrative setup of the Delhi treatment, fair trial procedures, and a three-day Sultanate, the Iqta system was a institutional respite for prisoners sentenced to death. mechanism for land revenue assignment. The Sultan assigned specific land territories (Iqta) to
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