![]() To stop the fear of price rise, he controlled the prices of goods. The soldiers were to buy their supplies from the local market. He paid his soldiers salaries in cash rather than kind. But to meet the need of the large number of soldiers the Sultan levied additional taxes, including those areas which were suffering from famine. The tax collected from the area between Ganga and Yamuna was used to feed the army. Tax was fixed at 50 per cent of the produce. Soldiers were fed from the tax collected from the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna. The residents of the old city were relocated to the new capital of Daulatabad in the south. He evacuates four oldest cities of Delhi (Dehli-i Kuhna) and made soldiers garrison. He constructed a new garrison town named Siri for his soldiers. He increased his large standing army to attack on Transoxiana. He increases his large standing army to protect from invasion (defensive measure) because Delhi was attacked twice, in 1299/1300 AD and 1302-03 AD. Comparison between the Administration of Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughlaq Here, we are giving the brief story of the comparison between two personalities of Delhi Sultanate- Muhammad bin Tughlaq will forever be remembered for the wild swings in policy, whereas Alauddin Khilji’s administrative measures made him most powerful ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. The Sultans were the head of the state that enjoyed unlimited power in legislative, executive and judicial. ![]() The Administration of Delhi Sultanate was largely influenced by their religion. ![]()
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