The Thirteenth Century: Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate-Consolidation [IAS (Admin.) Mains History]: Questions 1 - 5 of 5

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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2016

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What measures were initiated by the Sultans for the consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate? Discuss. (15 marks)

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Measures Initiated by the Sultans for the Consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate

  • The establishment of Turkish rule added a new chapter to Indian history because the Turks brought a number of new political ideas and institution with them, the head of the state was known as Sultan and Delhi was the capital of most of the time because of this the Turkish…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Evaluate the contents of the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri as a source of medieval history. (10 marks)

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Medieval History and Tabaqat-I-Nasiri

  • Minhaj i Siraj (Minhaj) was an emigrant philosopher from Khorasan.
  • He belonged to a lineage of thinkers who were related with the courts of the Ghurid Sultans of Ghazna Firozkuh.
  • He served under various Ghurid nobles and princes before his migration to India.
  • He came to India in 1227, and joined Nasiruddin Qubacha …

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2017

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To what extent was the Caliphate the source and sanction to the legal authority of the Sultans of Delhi? (15 Marks)

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Caliphate and the Legal Authority of the Sultans of Delhi

  • Sometimes the Delhi sultans refer to a theocracy form a political system in which the religious power and the political authority are exercised by the same person or institution, the head of the religion is the head of the state as well as a theocracy.
  • On the basis of the relationship between …

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Assess the condition of peasantry during 13th to 17th centuries C. E. (15 Marks)

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Conditions of Peasants in the Sultanate Period

  • We possess very limited information to know about the economic condition of the people under the Delhi Sultanate.
  • The historians of the period were more eager to mentioned events at court life rather than the lives of common people.
  • However, they do occasionally mentioned the prices of commodities.
  • Ibn Bat…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2023

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The following questions in about 150 words each: (Paper 1)

What factors do you attribute for the decline of the Delhi Sultanate?

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The decline of the Delhi Sultanate, which ruled parts of the Indian subcontinent from the 13th to the 16th century, was a complex process influenced by a variety of factors.

There are a number of factors that contributed to the decline of the Delhi Sultanate, including:

Weak Succession

  • The Delhi Sultanate was plagued by a series of weak and incompeten…

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