Life in the Sultanate Period

Head of the Delhi Sultanate

• emperor

• sultan

• king

• khan

Salutations by touching the ground with the forehead

• chailsa

• iqta

• woojuh

• sijdah

The official language of Delhi Sultanate

• Urdu

• Hindi

• Persian

• Sanskrit

Prime Minister was known as

• Wazir

• bakshi

• qazi

• ariz-i-mumalik

Department concerned with finance

• Diwan-i-arz

• Diwan-i-insha

• Diwan-i-risalat

• Diwan-i-wizarat

The department that looked after royal correspondence was called

• Diwan-i-arz

• Diwan-i-mumalik

• Diwan-i-insha

• Diwan-i-risalat

Who was the pay master of the army?

• iqtadars

• qazi

• bakshi

• nobles

The duty of Scribes was to ____.

• recruit the soldiers

• keep revenue record

• record the orders of sultan

• supervise the work of all officials

This social group was the ruling class

• peasants

• townspeople

• priests

• aristocracy

Chief Judge during the Sultanate period was known as ___.

• qazi

• wazir

• arz

• tanka