Medieval History PYQ 20 of 123 · Sultanate Dynasties & Vijayanagara · Khilji Dynasty

During the regime of which Sultan was the Khalisa land developed on a large scale?

  1. AGhiyasuddin Balban
  2. BAlauddin Khilji
  3. CMuhammad-Bin-Tughluq
  4. DFiruz Shah Tughluq

39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994

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Correct answer: (b) Alauddin Khilji

Explanation

The main objective of Alauddin’s revenue and land-tax system was to establish a powerful and autocratic state. He confiscated land from those persons who had received it as milk-idrar, inam, and waqf (land received as a religious/ charitable endowment), etc. As a result, Khalisa land was developed on a large scale.

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