IQTADARI SYSTEM. DEFINATION AN IQTA HAPPENED TO BE A FIEF OR A TERRITORY GIVEN TO ANY STATE OFFICIAL OR COMMANDER FROM WHICH HE WAS REQUIRED TO GET REVENUE.THE.

IQTADARI SYSTEMIQTADARI SYSTEM

DEFINATIONDEFINATION

AN IQTA HAPPENED TO BE A FIEF OR A TERRITORY GIVEN TO AN IQTA HAPPENED TO BE A FIEF OR A TERRITORY GIVEN TO ANY STATE OFFICIAL OR COMMANDER FROM WHICH HE WAS ANY STATE OFFICIAL OR COMMANDER FROM WHICH HE WAS REQUIRED TO GET REVENUE.THE IQTADAR IN RESPONSE REQUIRED TO GET REVENUE.THE IQTADAR IN RESPONSE HAS TO COLLECT THE REVENUE FOR THE STATE HAS TO COLLECT THE REVENUE FOR THE STATE EXCHECQUER.EXCHECQUER.THE POST OF IQTA DURING THE LATER PART OF DELHI THE POST OF IQTA DURING THE LATER PART OF DELHI SULTANAT BECAME HEREDITORY DUE TO WHICH THERE SULTANAT BECAME HEREDITORY DUE TO WHICH THERE WAS CONCENTRATION OF POWERS IN THE HANDS OF THE WAS CONCENTRATION OF POWERS IN THE HANDS OF THE IQTADARS----MILITARY,REVENUE,JUDICIARY,EXECUTIVE-----IQTADARS----MILITARY,REVENUE,JUDICIARY,EXECUTIVE-----WHICH MADE THEM AMBIGUOUS,CORRUPT AND REBELLIOUS WHICH MADE THEM AMBIGUOUS,CORRUPT AND REBELLIOUS AS THEY HIDE THE INCOME COLLECTED FROM THE AS THEY HIDE THE INCOME COLLECTED FROM THE PESEANTS AND USED TO BUILD AN ARMY.PESEANTS AND USED TO BUILD AN ARMY.ILLTUTMISH DIVIDED HIS KINGDOM INTO VARIOUS TQTAS ILLTUTMISH DIVIDED HIS KINGDOM INTO VARIOUS TQTAS AND THESE IQTAS WERE RULED BY THE CHALISA OR THE 40 AND THESE IQTAS WERE RULED BY THE CHALISA OR THE 40 TURKS.TURKS.

BALBANBALBAN

BALBAN WANTED TO RESTORE THE PRESTIGE OF BALBAN WANTED TO RESTORE THE PRESTIGE OF THE CROWN WHICH HAD GOWN DOWN AFTER THE THE CROWN WHICH HAD GOWN DOWN AFTER THE DEATH OF THE ILLTUTMISH.DEATH OF THE ILLTUTMISH.BALBAN STRUCK AT THE BASE OF THE IQTA BALBAN STRUCK AT THE BASE OF THE IQTA SYSTEM BY OPPOSING THE HEREDITORY SYSTEM SYSTEM BY OPPOSING THE HEREDITORY SYSTEM OF THE IQTADARS.OF THE IQTADARS.BALBAN ADOPTED THIS POLICY AS HE BELIEVES IN BALBAN ADOPTED THIS POLICY AS HE BELIEVES IN DEFENSIVE CONSOLIDATION WHICH MEANS MORE DEFENSIVE CONSOLIDATION WHICH MEANS MORE CENTRALIZATION OF POWER IN THE HANDS OF CENTRALIZATION OF POWER IN THE HANDS OF SULTAN TO DEAL WITH THE MONGOL MENACE AS SULTAN TO DEAL WITH THE MONGOL MENACE AS WELL AS THE IQTADARS.WELL AS THE IQTADARS.

ALLAUDDIN KHILJIALLAUDDIN KHILJI

ALLAUDDIN KHILJI ALSO KNOWS THE DISINTEGRATIVE ALLAUDDIN KHILJI ALSO KNOWS THE DISINTEGRATIVE NATURE OF THE IQTA SYSTEM.TO DEAL WITH IT,HE NATURE OF THE IQTA SYSTEM.TO DEAL WITH IT,HE CONVERTED THE ENTIRE DOAB INTO THE KHALSA LANDS CONVERTED THE ENTIRE DOAB INTO THE KHALSA LANDS AND IN THAT WAY HE WAS ABLE TO APPROPIATE THE AND IN THAT WAY HE WAS ABLE TO APPROPIATE THE ENTIRE SURPLUS OF THE DOAB.ENTIRE SURPLUS OF THE DOAB.HENCE HE HAD THE TIME TO CONSOLIDATE IF THE HENCE HE HAD THE TIME TO CONSOLIDATE IF THE IQTADAR’S REVOLT AS NONE OF THEM WERE LEFT CLOSE IQTADAR’S REVOLT AS NONE OF THEM WERE LEFT CLOSE TO THE CAPLITAL.TO THE CAPLITAL.HE ORDERED THE STRICT CONTROL,AUDIT AND INQUIRY HE ORDERED THE STRICT CONTROL,AUDIT AND INQUIRY INTO THE ACCOUNTS OF THE IQTADARS AND THEY WERE INTO THE ACCOUNTS OF THE IQTADARS AND THEY WERE PUT IN ROUTINE SURVELLIANCE.PUT IN ROUTINE SURVELLIANCE.AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE TO DEPOSIT ALL THE AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE TO DEPOSIT ALL THE SURPLUS INTO THE STATE TREASURY.SURPLUS INTO THE STATE TREASURY.IF ALL THE IQTADARS COLLECTED THEIR ARMY THAN THE IF ALL THE IQTADARS COLLECTED THEIR ARMY THAN THE ARMY OF ALLAUDDIN KHILJI WOULD BE GREATER THAN ARMY OF ALLAUDDIN KHILJI WOULD BE GREATER THAN THEM.THEM.

MUHAMMED BIN TUGHLAQMUHAMMED BIN TUGHLAQ

BUT MUHAMMED BIN TUGHLAQ ADOPTED BUT MUHAMMED BIN TUGHLAQ ADOPTED THE DIFFERENT POLICY TOWARDS THE THE DIFFERENT POLICY TOWARDS THE IQTADARS.IQTADARS.HE DEPRIVED THE IQTADARS OF THE HE DEPRIVED THE IQTADARS OF THE RIGHT OF REVENUE COLLECTION ,WHICH RIGHT OF REVENUE COLLECTION ,WHICH WAS TO BE DONE BT THE TUGHLAQ WAS TO BE DONE BT THE TUGHLAQ OFFICIALS.IN THIS WAY THE SURPLUS WAS OFFICIALS.IN THIS WAY THE SURPLUS WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE STATE TREASURY.TAKEN BACK TO THE STATE TREASURY.THIS RESULTED IN THE UNIFICATION OF THIS RESULTED IN THE UNIFICATION OF THE IQTADARS AND THEY REVOLTED THE IQTADARS AND THEY REVOLTED AGAINST THE KING.AGAINST THE KING.

FEROZ SHAH TUGHLAQFEROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ

FEROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ REVIVED THE FEROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ REVIVED THE JAGIRS SYSTEM WHICH ALLAUDDIN JAGIRS SYSTEM WHICH ALLAUDDIN HAD ABOLISHED,WAS EXTREMELY HAD ABOLISHED,WAS EXTREMELY UNWISE.UNWISE.SUCH AMOUNT OF JAGIRS OFTEN SUCH AMOUNT OF JAGIRS OFTEN RESULTED IN THE HEREDITORY RESULTED IN THE HEREDITORY VICEROYALITIES AND SO THE VICEROYALITIES AND SO THE HOLDER WAS OFTEN TEMPTED TO HOLDER WAS OFTEN TEMPTED TO DEFY THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY.DEFY THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY.

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

THEREFORE THE IQTA SYSTEM DID NOT THEREFORE THE IQTA SYSTEM DID NOT ALLOW THE SULTANS TO REFORM THE ALLOW THE SULTANS TO REFORM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM OD THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM OD THE SULTANAT AT A TIME WHEN THE MONGOLS SULTANAT AT A TIME WHEN THE MONGOLS ATTACKED INDIA.ATTACKED INDIA.

HENCE IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CURSE HENCE IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CURSE THAN BOON FOR DELHI SULTANATE ,WHICH THAN BOON FOR DELHI SULTANATE ,WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF ULTIMATELY LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE EMPIRE.THE EMPIRE.