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What does masahat mean?

  1. The measurement of land

  2. The infertile region of land

  3. Documents of land

  4. Excess land revenue
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Explanation

Masahat is an Arabic term used in medieval Indian land revenue systems that refers to the measurement or area of land. It was the fundamental unit for assessing and calculating land revenue during the Delhi Sultanate period. The other options describe different concepts: infertile land would be called 'banjar' or similar terms, documents of land revenue were called 'qaul' or 'parwana', and excess revenue demands had different terminology.

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