Multiple choice

Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant

  1. extra payment to the nobles

  2. revenue assigned in lieu of salary

  3. excess amount paid to the exchequer by the Iqtadars

  4. illegal exactions extracted from the peasants
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Fawazil was the balance between the income and expenditure of the Iqta-holders.

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