the delhi sultanate

give ligh ton the first ocin issued by muhammed bakhtiyar khilji

th eifrst coin issued by mbk bears both arabic and sanskrit incriptions

who was the qutub mianr deciated to

qutub ud din aibak staarted the construction of the Qutub Minar, dedicated to the Sufi saint Qutb ud Din Bakhtiar Kaki. it was fininshed by iltutmsih

name five succesive ruling dynasties

slave, khilji, tughlaq,lodhi, sayyid

why were the early rulers of the slave dynasty called mamluk sultans

they were called the mamluk sultans because it means owned in arabic and since these sultans were earlier slaves or sons of slaves

why was qutub ud din aibak called lakhbaksh

qutub ud idn aibak was a man of letters. scholars like hasan nizami and fakhre adorned his court. because of his liberal distributin he was called lakhbaksh

what measures did alau ud din khilji take against the nobility

• the nobles were not allowed to host parties and to

• form marriage alliances without the sultans knowing

• the use of wine and intoxicants was banned

• gambling was forbidden

• he stopped paying the soldiers in land and started paying them in cash

state alaud din khiljis military reforms

• he was the first ruler to set a permanent standing army

• he imported quality horses and atared branding them (dagh) so that the solider coul not replace them with weaker horses

• he introduces the system of chehra which is givun the soldiers identification cards

• he payed cash slaaires ot tghe soldiers from the royal treasury