| Reference Book | Ratna Sagar Integrated Social Science |
| Class | Class 7 |
| Category | History |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 3 |
| Chapter Name | The Sultanate Period |
A) Tick (✓) the correct answers.
1) The period from 1206 to ________ is known as the age of the Delhi Sultanate.
a) 1256
b) 1526 ✓
c) 1625
d) 1525
2) The first ruler of the Slave Dynasty was
a) Muhammad Ghori
b) Ala-ud-din Khalji
c) Raziya Sultan
d) Qutb-ud-din Aibak ✓
3) _______ was the most trusted general of Ala-ud-din-Khalji.
a) Malik Kafur ✓
b) Jalal Kafur
c) Firoz Malik
d) Kaikubad Kafur
4) Firoz Shah Tugluq founded the new towns of
a) Jaunpur and Firozpur ✓
b) Delhi and Jaunpur
c) Daulatabad and Firozabad
d) Gulbarga and Firozpur
5) During the Sultanate period the nobles were given land grants called
a) jagirs
b) iqtas ✓
c) mansabs
d) zamin
B) Number the events in the order in which they took place.
Invasion of Timur – 4
Conquest of the forts of Chittor and Ranthambore – 2
Deposition of Raziya – 1
Shift of capital to Daulatabad – 3
First Battle of Panipat – 6
Accession of Mubarak Shah Sayyid – 5
C) Fill in the blanks
1) Ghiyas -ud-din Balban was the most powerful ruler of the Slave Dynasty.
2) The land tax was called Kharaj
3) Taimur invaded India is 1398.
4) The Qaji advised the Sultan on religious issues.
5) The first battle of Panipat was fought between Ibrahim Lodi and Babur.
D) Give short answers for the following questions.
Que 1) Who was Raziya Sultan? Why did the nobles oppose Raziya?
Ans Raziya Sultan was daughter of Shams-ud-din Iltutmish.He had many sons but considered none a capable enough of being his successor. So he decided to make his daughter, Raziya the Sultan of Delhi.
The nobles opposed her because they hated taking orders from a woman. They did not like Raziya for taking decisions without consulting them) They plotted and deposed her in 1240.
Que 2) Name the two Persian customs introduced by Balban. Why were people against these customs?
Ans He introduced the Persian customs of sijdah and paibos or zaminbos. People were against this as they felt such customs were reserved for God alone.
Que 3) What were ‘dagh’ and ‘chehra’? Who introduced them?
Ans Ala-ud-din started branding horses to prevent the substitution of good horses by inferior ones is called dagh. A full description for each soldier was also kept is called as chehra. Ala-ud-din introduced them.
Que 4) Write one reason that prompted Muhammad-bin Tughluq to shift the capital to Daulatabad.
Ans Muhammad-bin Tughluq decided to shift the capital to Daulatabad because he felt that he would be able to control and administer the empire better from Daulatabad since it was located in the centre of empire.
Ques 5) Give two reasons to show that the court of the Delhi Sultans was a ‘ceremonial’ court.
Ans The Sultan’s court was very ceremonial. Sijdah and ‘paibos’ were performed before him. The sultan sat on a throne built on a raised platform. The princes, ministers, heads of different departments, ambassadors from foreign countries, and other officials were given fixed places to stand. Officials reported matters to the sultan. Scribes recorded the orders of the sultan.
E. Give long answers for the following questions.
Que 1) Explain the importance of literary sources for the Sultanate period. Which other sources tell us about this period?
Ans Accounts of travellers and court chroniclers are the most valuable sources of information for this period.
Ibn Batuta and Marco Polo visited India and wrote about the conditions during that time.
Zia-ud-din Barani, Shams-i Siraj, and Minhaj-us Siraj have given a detailed account of court proceedings and details about the personal and public life of the sultans.
Coins, inscriptions and monuments are the other important sources that tell us about this period.
Que 2) Who succeeded Qutb-ud-din Aibak? Why is that person called the real founder of the Sultanate?
Ans Qutb-ud-din Aibak was succeeded by Shams-ud-din Iltutmish.
He is considered the real founder of the Sultanate. Iltutmish faced many problems but dealt with them strongly. He put down the rebellions within the empire. He also protected the northwest frontiers of the Sultanate against possible Mongol invasions. In the east, he expanded his empire up to Bengal.
Que 3) Why did Ala-ud-din Khalji introduce the market control policy? How did he enforce it?
Ans Ala-ud-din Khalji also introduced a market control policy. He lowered the prices of all essential items such as food grains, sugar, cooking oil, cloth, etc. Shopowners were asked to charge the rates fixed by the sultan. He also appointed special officials to keep a check on the shopowners, Whoever was caught charging even a little extra or cheating with weights was punished severely. This idea of making goods cheaper was probably introduced because Ala-ud-din wanted to pay his soldiers a low salary. It allowed him to maintain a large army on limited resources.
Que 4) ‘Muhammad-bin Tughluq’s schemes were well-conceived but poorly executed’. Discuss this statememt with reference to his token currency experiment.
Ans There was a shortage of silver during this period. So the sultan decided to mint coins of brass and copper for day-to-day use. These coins had the same value as pure silver coins. Further they could be exchanged for silver coins, at any time, from the royal treasury. Muhammad, however, failed to check the illegal minting of coins. The design of the coins was simple enough for ordinary craftspeople to copy. As brass and copper were easily available and much cheaper than silver, people bought brass and copper in bulk and started minting coins at home. The kingdom was flooded with forged coins. Money lost its value. Trade suffered as foreign merchants refused to accept these coins. The sultan had to give silver coins in exchange of even forged coins. The treasury thus became empty. The experiment was soon withdrawn.
HOTS
Que 5) According to Zia-ud-din Barani, ‘none of the officers could take bribes, and had been reduced to such a position by hardships, imprisonment for long periods or torture for small outstanding dues that people considered these posts to be worse than fever…’
a. Which ruler of the Sultanate period is being referred to in the above paragraph?
b. Why did this ruler introduce such measures?
c. Write the observation made by Barani in your own words.
Ans
a) Ala-ud-din Khalji
b) He introduced such measures to put a check on the activities of the nobles who were engaged in the conspiracies and lead a luxurious life, keep a check on his officers and to discourage corruption.
c) Zia Ud Din Barani the famous historian of that time stated that Alauddin Khalji was a shrewd administrator who knew the root cause of the decline of the administration. He knew how to keep a check on the corrupted nobles. He made their life difficult by introducing new rules and regulations. He also appointed spies to put a check on corruption.
Que 6) How did issuing coins in the name of the Caliph help Muhammad-bin Tughluq to rule?
Ans Issuing coins in the name of the Caliph help Muhammad-bin Tughluq to rule. He did this to suggest that he ruled according to the wishes of Caliph. He received the authority to rule from caliph. This gave a religious legal sanctity to his rule.
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