Pre-Study: What to Study

8 Subtopics · 37 Concepts

Administration3 Concepts

• Extent and Legacy of the Sultanate Administration

  Importance 1/5 What to Study

• The Sultanate as an Islamic State and the Caliph

  PYQ 2002Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Position of the Sultan and the Problem of Succession

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

Central Government5 Concepts

• The Naib and the Wazir (Diwani Wizarat)

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Diwani Ariz and Military Reforms

  PYQ ×2Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Diwani Rasalat and the Chief Sadr

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Judicial System: Qazis, Sharia and Panchayats

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Diwani Insha

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

Local Administration2 Concepts

• Iqtas and Muqtis

  PYQ ×3Importance 5/5 What to Study

• Shiqs, Parganas and Village Officials

  PYQ 2019Importance 3/5 What to Study

Economy9 Concepts

• Land Revenue and Agriculture

  Classes of Land: Iqta, Khalisa and Inam

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Burden of Land Revenue on the Peasantry

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Agricultural Measures of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firoz Tughlaq

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Towns and Trade

  Growth of Towns

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Overseas and Inland Trade

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Industries and Crafts

  Textiles, Paper and Other Crafts

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Royal Karkhanas and the Life of the Nobles

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Coinage

  Sultanate Coinage: Tanka, Jital and Dinar

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Coinage of Muhammad bin Tughlaq

  PYQ 2006Importance 3/5 What to Study

Social Life3 Concepts

• Hindu Society: Caste and the Position of Women

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Divisions Within Muslim Society

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Zimmis and Jiziya

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

Art and Architecture5 Concepts

• Features of Sultanate Architecture

  PYQ 2015Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Qutub Minar

  PYQ ×2Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Alai Darwaza

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Tughlaq and Lodi Buildings

  PYQ 1998Importance 3/5 What to Study

Music3 Concepts

• New Musical Instruments

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Amir Khusrau's Contribution to Music

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Ragadarpan, Pir Bhodan and Man Kautuhal

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

Literature7 Concepts

• Persian Literature and History-Writing

  Royal Patronage of Persian Learning

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Historians of the Sultanate and Their Works

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Amir Khusrau as a Writer

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Sanskrit and Translations

  Sanskrit and Persian as Link Languages

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Rajatarangini and Zain-ul-Abidin

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Arabic and Regional Literature

  Alberuni's Kitab-ul-Hind

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Growth of Regional Literature

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

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