Question 1. Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi?
Answer:
Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs.
Question 2. What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans?
Answer:the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans Persian.
Question 3. In whose region did the Sultanate reach its farthest extent?
Answer:Under the regions of Aluaddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughluq the Sultanate reached its farthest extent.
Question 4. From which country did Ibn Battuta travel to India?
Answer. Ibn Battuta travel to India from the Morocco Africa..
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Question 5. According to the ''Circle of Justice'', why was it important for military commanders to keep the interests of the peasantry in mind?
Answer.Military commanders provided protection and secure the peasant who could pay taxes only if they were prosperous and happy.And taxes resulted in salaries of military commanders were interdependent on each other.
Question 6. What is meant by the ''internal'' and ''external'' frontiers of the Sultanate?
Answer:
(i) The ''internal'' frontiers meant the hinterland and the garrison towns.often these places lied in close neighbourhood of the capital city of Delhi.The area of internal frontier extended up to the forests of Ganga.Yamuna doab.
(ii) The ''external'' fronteries mean the areas that lied far away from Delhi, i.e., South India.
Question 7. What were the steps taken to ensure that muftis performed their duties? Why do you think they may have wanted to defy the orders of the Sultans?
Answer.These steps were:
1. Their office was not made hereditary.
2. They were assigned iqtas (Land as salaries) for a short period of time before being transferred.
3. Accountants were appointed to check the amount of revenue collected by the muftis.
4. It was checked that mufti collected only those taxes which was by the state.
Mufti may have wanted to defy the orders of