Multiple choice

Firoz Tughlaq may be said to have brought about the decline of the Delhi Sultanate because he

  1. conducted a very large number of military campaigns

  2. spent too much money on canals

  3. allowed nobility to become hereditary

  4. Provoked peasant rebellions by his oppression
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Firoz Shah Tughlaq's decision to allow nobility positions to become hereditary fundamentally weakened the central authority of the Delhi Sultanate. This policy created powerful regional nobles who could pass their positions to their heirs, reducing the Sultan's control over territories and creating centrifugal forces that eventually contributed to the empire's decline and fragmentation.

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