Multiple choice

Who among the following was the first muslim ruler of India to fix revenue on definite income?

  1. Iltutmish

  2. Qutubuddin Aibak

  3. Alauddin Khalji

  4. Qutubuddin Mubarak Khilji
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Explanation

Alauddin Khalji was the first Muslim ruler to implement a systematic revenue assessment based on actual land measurement and fixed produce shares (half the produce). Earlier rulers had less systematic approaches. This reform formed the basis of the subsequent Dahsala system under Sher Shah and Akbar.

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