Multiple choice

Who introduced the Iqtadari system?

  1. Akbar

  2. Ala-ud-din Khilji

  3. Iltumish

  4. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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Explanation

Iltumish (Shams ud-din Iltutmish), the third Sultan of Delhi (1211-1236), introduced the Iqtadari system - a land revenue system where land was assigned to officials (iqtadars) in lieu of salary. Akbar later refined it as the Mansabdari system, and Ala-ud-din Khilji had his own revenue reforms. Muhammad bin Tughlaq's experiments were different.

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