The Delhi Sultans Test - 3

Begumpuri Mosque built in the reign of Muhammad Tuglaq and Moth ki Masjid built in the reign of Sikandar Lodi.

Hence, the correct option is B.

Garrison towns were fortified settlements with soldiers.

During prayer, Muslims stand facing Mecca. In India this is to the west. This is called the qibla.

The earlier Sultans, the Khalji and Tughluq monarchs appointed military commanders as governors of territories of varying sizes. These lands were called iqta and their holder was called iqtadar or muqti. The duty of the muqtis was to lead military campaigns and maintain law and order in their iqtas. They collected the assigned revenues from their iqtas, paid the soldiers their salaries and maintained the required army.

Begumpuri Mosque built in the reign of Muhammad Tuglaq and Moth ki Masjid built in the reign of Sikandar Lodi.

Muhammad Tughluq paid his soldiers cash salaries. But instead of controlling prices, he used token currency, somewhat like present-day paper currency, but made out of cheap metals, not gold and silver.

Raziyya Sultana was the daughter of Shams-ud-din Iltutmish,who had begun life as a Turk slave and ended it as Sultan of Delhi. In 1236 Raziyya, became Sultan of Delhi sultanate.She was removed from the throne in 1240.

Iltutmish became the king of Delhi after Qutbuddin Aybak.

Sultans like Khalji and Tughluq monarchs appointed military commanders as governors of territories of varying sizes. These lands were called iqta and their holder was called iqtadar or muqti. The duty of the muqtis was to lead military campaigns and maintain law and order in their iqtas.

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam (Muslims). Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, but are now found in all inhabited continents. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat("prayer") as well as a center for information, education, social welfare, and dispute settlement.The imam leads the congregation in prayer.

Prithviraj Chauhan was the famous king of Chauhan Dynasty.

Hence, the correct option is A.

Raziya Begum sultan name, Raziya al-Din (1205 – 1240), throne name Jalalat-ud-Din Raziya, usually referred to in history as Razia Sultan, was the Muslim Sultan of Delhi from 10 November 1236 – 14 October 1240. She was famously the only female ever to rule the Delhi Sultanate.

The Tomara Rajputs were the first rulers who established their capital at Delhi.

Daulat Khan Lodi was the governor of Lahore during the reign of Ibrahim Lodi, the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty. Due to disaffection with Ibrahim, Daulat invited Babur to invade the kingdom.

Ibn Batutah(1304– 1369), was a Moroccan(Northern Africa) scholar who widely travelled the medieval world. Ibn Battuta visited most of the Islamic world and many non-Muslim lands, including North Africa, the Horn of Africa,West Africa, the Middle East, India,Central Asia,South east Asia, and China.He dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling.This account of his journeys provides a picture of medieval civilization that is still widely consulted today.

Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs, who were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans (also referred to as Chahamanas) of Ajmer. It was under the Tomaras and Chauhans that Delhi became an important commercial centre. Many rich Jaina merchants lived in the city and constructed several temples. Coins minted here, called dehliwal, had a wide circulation.

Warangal is a city in the south Indian state of Telangana. It was the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty from the 12th to 14th centuries, and many intricately carved monuments from this period still stand. Among them are the ruins of 13th-century Warangal Fort and the Thousand Pillar Temple, built in 1163.

Anangpal Tomar ruled over areas of Delhi in India. In the 11th century Anangapala Tomar ruled from 1130 to 1145.Little is known of Tomar, who was a Gurjar from the Tomara dynasty and whose ancestors had settled in the Aravalli Hills around the end of the first millennium CE.

Raziyya Sultana was the daughter of Shams-ud-din Iltutmish,who had begun life as a Turk slave and ended it as Sultan of Delhi.In 1236 Sultan Iltutmish’s daughter Raziyya, became Sultan.Minhaj-i Siraj, recognised that she was more able and qualified than all her brothers. She was removed from the throne in 1240.

The Sultanate reached its farthest extent during the reign of Mohammad Tughluq.

The language of administration under the Delhi Sultans was Persian.

The Mongols invaded the Delhi Sultanate under the leadership of Genghiz Khan.

Begumpuri mosque was built in the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq. It was the main mosque of Jahanpanah(Jahanpanah was the fourth medieval city of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by Muhammad bin Tughlaq(1321–51), of the Delhi Sultanate).Tughlaq built the fortified city of Jahanpanah “Sanctuary of the World”, his new capital in Delhi.

Mongol attacks on the Delhi Sultanate increased during the reign of Alauddin Khalji and in the early years of Muhammad Tughluq’s rule. This forced the two rulers to mobilize a large standing army in Delhi.

Gender distinctions are the Social and biological differences between women and men. Usually, these differences are used to argue that men are superior to women.

Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs. Angapal of Tomar Dynasty built a fort called Lal kot (present area around suraj kund, delhi). Later on Chauhans defeated Tomaras and established their rule.  

Garrison town is a fortified settlement with soldiers.

Delhi is the capital of India and hence it is politically the most important city in India. But Delhi was like any other non-descript city till twelfth century. It was only in the twelfth century, that Delhi became an important city. Right from the days of the Rajput rulers; Delhi gradually grew in political importance in India. During the Mughal rule, it reached its pinnacle of political importance.

Though Raziyya was more able and qualified than her brothers but being a woman ruler she was not favoured by anyone and finally dethroned in 1240.

Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveller from Morocco, Africa, explained that chieftains sometimes “fortified themselves in mountains, in rocky, uneven and rugged places as well as in bamboo groves.