Multiple choice

Which one of the following about Iqta system in Delhi Sultanate is not correct?

  1. Iqta was a territorial assignment

  2. Nizam-ul-Mulk emphasized Muqtis' right to collect and appropriate taxes

  3. All Sultans from Iltutmish onwards did not enforce the practice of transfer of Muqtis from in Iqta to another

  4. Balban ordered that excess amounts must be sent from Iqta to the Sultan's treasury
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Explanation

The transfer of Muqtis was a standard administrative practice in the Delhi Sultanate to prevent local power bases from becoming entrenched. Therefore, the claim that they did not enforce this practice is incorrect.

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