Sultanate Ink-System

Authors(1) :-Parveen Jahan

In the Delhi Sultanate, the development of the provincial government gradually grew and the first step in this direction was taken by Iltutmish when he developed the 'Eccaktati tradition'. He split the state into many small terrains, which were called 'Ikta'. At that time, in the Delhi Sultanate, the states used to call 'Ikta'. The word ankta is made from the original (similar) word 'kita', which is used to mean 'divide' or divide into parts. On this basis, Ikaa method means that the farmer was bound to give a certain part of the produce to Sultan. In this age, neither the number of EKAs could be fixed nor their administration was equal. The head of every Ekta was called Mukti, Nazim, Naib-Sultan or Wali. After the conquest of India, the major problem before Turka was to keep control over the states receiving Vijayshri and to recover revenue from there. To solve this problem, various Ottoman sultans started giving the winning territories as icon, and its holder was called 'Mukti' or 'Ectar'. Ekaata can be divided into two categories - the provincial level symbols and the smallest anecdotes. Provincial level injunctions were given to the high achievers whose persons or their accountants had administrative revenue and military responsibilities. In his speeches he cut the salaries of himself and his soldiers and sent the remaining amount to Sultan. Such available evidence realizes that Mukta had the right to provide smallest anecdotes from the Ikta. Muqat of the Tajuddin Sajjar Qutaluk Badayun gave the historian Minhaz Siraj the symbol for sustenance. Small provinces of the provincial level were given to the soldiers appointed by the Sultan in exchange for the wages from which they used to collect land revenue. According to Morland, ita was part of the land which was given for military service. Moreland also accepted Ikta, a piece of land that has been given in lieu of dedication of Lagaan. This type of awardee was considered to be part of Khalsa land. Those who received it did not have to discharge the administrative and economic responsibility of somebody. According to Bernie, in the reign of Sultan Iltutmish, there were two thousand of this type of Ikas near Delhi and in Doab.

Authors and Affiliations

Parveen Jahan
Department of Medieval and Modern History, Allahabad University, Allahabad

Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 2 | January-February 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 1742-1747
Manuscript Number : IJSRST1845396
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Parveen Jahan, " Sultanate Ink-System", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.1742-1747 , January-February-2018.
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