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39 Cards in this Set
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What was read when the new sultan ascended the throne?
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Khutba
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What was the sultans job?
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protect his Sultanate from outside attacks
maintain law and order |
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What were the Sultan's official designations?
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Commander-in-chief of army
Chief Justice |
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Where was the court held during the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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Palace of Grapes ( Mahal-i-Angur)
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Describe Firoz Shah Tughlaq's throne
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A seat of pure gold and jewel studded legs with a parasol raised over the throne.
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Name the ministers of the Sultan
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Wazir
Ariz-i-mumalik Chief Sadr or Chief Qazi Dabir-i-khas Barid-i-mamalik Amir-i-hajib Wakil-i-dar |
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Job profile of Wazir
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Head of the diwan-i-wizarat.
Looked after the income, expenditure, collection of revenue etc - all the finanacial matters |
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Who looked after the Diwan-i-wizarat?
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Wazir
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Who looked after the financial matters of the Sultan?
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Wazir and his deputies
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Job profile of Ariz-i-mumalik
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Looked after the needs of the army
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Who looked after the needs of the army?
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Ariz-i-mumalik
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Job profile Chief Sadr / Chief Qazi
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Looked after all the charities.
Head of the departement of Justice |
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Who was the head of the dept. of justice?
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Chief Sadr / Chief Qazi
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Who looked after all the charities?
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Chief Sadr / Chief Qazi
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Dabir-i-khas
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Looked after the Sultan's correspondence
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Looked after the Sultan's correspondence
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Dabir-i-khas
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Looked after the Sultan's letters
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Dabir-i-khas
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Barid-i-mamalik
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Head of the state news agency.
Agents reported news to him from every sub-division. |
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Who was the head of the state news agency?
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Barid-mamalik
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The person who acted like a spy by getting news from all over
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Barid-i-mamalik
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Amir-i-hajib
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master of ceremonies at the court OR the royal chamberlain
only he and his assistants could allow the people to meet the sultan |
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Who could allow the people to meet the sultan?
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Amir-i-hajib
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Royal chamberlain of the court
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Amir-i-hajib
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Wakil-i-dar
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Looked after the sultans bodygaurds,palace gaurds and personal assistants
Superevised the work of the karkhanas |
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Who superevised the work of the karkhanas?
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Wakil-i-dar
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Who looked after the sultans bodygaurds,palace gaurds and personal assistants?
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Wakil-i-dar
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What was the work of the karkhanas?
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the karkhanas produced gold brocade silk cloth,etc.,for the royal family
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Who others were given titles and attended the darbar?
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Other important nobles and princes.
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What were the divisions of the empire?
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Empire/Sultanate > Iqtas > shiqs > Parganas > Villages
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Who looked after the Iqtas?
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Iqtadar.
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Who were the Iqtadars?
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Iqtas / provinces were looked after by the Iqtadar.
Iqtadar were important nobles and high-ranking military officers who were given tracts of land to look afer. Collected revenue and maintained law and order in the area They paid a part of the tax collected to the sulan and they even maintained an army. But their lands could be taken over by the Sultan. |
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who collected revenue and maintained law and order in the Iqtas?
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Iqtadars.
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Who were the Shiqdar?
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The shiqdars looked after the Shiqs.
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Shiqs looked after by
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Shiqdars
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Parganas looked after by-
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Amil
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Who was the Amil?
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Amil was incharge of the Parganas.
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Who was the Patwari?
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The Patwari kept records of land revenue.
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Who were the Mushrif?
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Mushrif supervised the collection of land revenue.
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Which system continued in the villages?
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Panchayat System.
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