Points To Remember About The Mughal India and Delhi Sultanate-For W.B.C.S Examination

MUGHAL INDIA

• Mubarak Khan whose father was killed in the battle of Macchiwara killed Bairam Khan.Continue Reading Points To Remember About The Mughal India and Delhi Sultanate-For W.B.C.S Examination.
• When Hemu captured Delhi Tardi Khan was the governor there
• The first mention of Tauhid i Ilahi was in Dabistan i Mazahib by Mohsin Fani
• Diwan i Tan was the official who was in charge of cash salary
• Increase in the sawar of the mansabdars during emergency was known as mashruta
• The reserved Armed force was known as Tabinan
• Total land revenue figures of a village was known as taqsimat
• Akbar reimposed Jeziyah in 1575 and revoked it in 1580
• Although the Kangra mission of Jahangir in 1620 was led by Vikramjit Baghela, a Hindu,Jahangir called it a Jihaad
• Khasrau was captured by Jahangir’s forces at Bhairowal
• Jahangir punished Sufi saint Nizaam Thaneswari
• In 1543 Sher Shah organized a campaign against Multan to set it free from Biloch tribe
• Malik Jiwan a Baluchi leader betrayed Dara and helped Aurangzeb to capture him
• In 1668 Aurangzeb prohibited court dancing,1669 he ordered destruction of temples and in 1679, he imposed Jeziyah
• Shaikh Sarmad a Sufi saint and associate of Dara was punished by aurangzeb
• Peter Mundy gives a vivid account of the famine of 1630-32
• After returning from Deccan Aurangzeb was made the governor of Gujarat in 1644
• Shah Jahan’s army met with Guru Hargovind’s army at Kartarpur in 1631. There the guru’s force was supported by Painda Khan
• Shah Jahan started giving land on contractual basis or the Ijara system
• Some books written by Guru Govind Singh- Nam Mela Puran,Shastar nam puran, Mangal Prakash,Akal ustat,Ukat Vilas,Krishna Avatar,Ram AvatarChandi charittar,Chandi di var,Pakhayama charittar.His autobiography was vaichittar nataka.His letters to Aurangzeb-Zafarnamah
• Mir Jumla was originally a minister of Abdullah Kutub Shah of Golkunda
• The Amins collected Jeziyah under Aurangzeb
• In 1654 Dara was conferred the title sultan buland iqbal
• Punishing Jujhair Singh Bundella was the first official assignment of Aurangzeb
• Jahan Ara wrote under the pen name Makhfi
• Tribute of the autonomous kings was known as peshkash
• Ashrafi was a gold coin
• Potugese brought tobacco in India in 16th century
• Shah rukhi was a silver coin
• Mir Fathulla Sirazi was a famous scientist
• Shah Jahan introduced the post of Amin
• Nahr i Bahist was the canal dug by Shah Jahan
• Amalguzars gave taqqavi loans
• Muqaddam and Patwari were the village headmen
• Capt Avery was a notorious pirate and his prized catch was Ganj i Swai, a ship of Aurangzeb
• Abdullah Sultan Puri was conferred the title Makhdum ul Mulk by Akbar
• Ibrahim Adil Shah wrote Kitaab i Nauras.He was popular as Abla baba and also Jagat Guru
• Maasir i Alamgiri written by Mustaid Khan
• Faizi translated Lilavati,Sarhandi translated Atharvaveda,Todarmal translated Bhagvata Puarana,Shahbandi translated Rajtarangini and Badaoni translated Ramayana
• Akbar gave Hari Vijay Suri the title Jagat Guru and Shah Jahan gave Jagannath the title Kavipriya
• Shalima Begum invented Rose itr
• Bishandas was sent to Persia by Jahangir to get a portrait of the ruler
• Man Kautahal was a collection of Man Singh of Gwalior’s famous musical works
• Rajaram looted Akbar’s tomb in 1688
• When Babur was ill some nobles wanted to install Mehdi Khwaja on the throne
• Guru Amar Das took vigorous steps to abolish sati
• Guru Hargovind built Akal Takht

DELHI SULTANATE

• Iltutmish belonged to the Ilbari tribe
• Nizam ul Mulk Junaidi came into prominence during Iltutmish
• Fakhruddin was the chief kotwal of Delhi under Balban
• Apart from Mohd Bin Tughlak Nasir udduin Mahmood too was a great caligraphist
• Imaduddiin conspired against Balban in 1353-54
• Balban separated army from civil administration and created arz i mamalik
• Hauz shamshi was built by Iltutmish
• Abdullah the grandson of Hlaku Khan invaded India during Jalaluddin Khalji
• Malik Qabul was the shuhna i mandi under Alauddin
• Ulugh Khan a mongol accepted Islam under Jalaluddin

• “Soveregntyis not conferred upon everyone but it is placed on the elect”-Mohd Bin Tughladk
• Amirana i sadbah revolted in Malwa, Gujaraat and lDaulatabad
• Mailik Ghazi Shahna wdas the chief aArchitect under Feroz
• Diwan i amirat was in charge of public works
• Amir Sirzi wrote Faulad ul faud
• In Nuh Sipihr Amir Khsrau showers praise on India
• Zia Naakshbandi translated Sukha Saptati to Tutinamah
• Dhrupad was Indian in origin
• Ghuiyat ul Muniya by Malik Shamshuddin Abu Raja was the earliest Persian work on Indian music
• Niamatnamah was a book on cooking
• Adilabad and Jahapanah were built by Mohd Bin Tughlak
• Lodhis borrowed enamelled tiles from Persia
• Spindle was Indian in origin
• Dhenkili was a water lifting device
• Alauddin took the title Yamini Khilafat
• Bahlol Lodhi invaded Jaunpur in 1484
• Timur invaded India during Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlak
• Jalaluddin’s original name was Mlik Firuz
• Alauddin Shah of Bengal started Satya Pir movement.He patronized Maladhar Basu who translated Bhagvat Purana into Bengali and wrote Srikrishnavijya
• Jainal Abedin borrowed paper making technology from Samarkand and he was the first sultan to abolish Jeziyah
• Sikander Shah was known as Aurangzeb of Kashmir
• In 1320 Mongol leader Dulucha invaded Kashmir
• Jainal Abedin patronized Jonaraja and Sivaraja
• Before Islam arrived Kashmir was a seat of Shaivism
• Malik Mohd Jaisi lived in Jaunpur
• Jainal Abedin built Jaina lake.He was known as Bud Shah
• Mahmud Beghara sacked Dwarka as it harbored pirates and he also captured Girnar and Champaner
• Ahmad Shah built Ahmedabad in 1414
• Zafar Khan founded Gujarat
• Ghiyasuddin Iyaz Khalji of Bengal transferred his capital to Lakhnauti from Devkot
• Kampilendra founded Gajapati dynasty
• Shungmung was a popular ruler of Assam

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