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In Delhi Sultanate, the struggle between the monarchy and the Turkish Chiefs continued till one of the Turkish Chiefs gradually arrogated all power to himself and ascended to throne in 1265. Name the Turkish Chief.

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Who was the Sultan when the Mongols invaded India under Chenghez Khan?
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Consider the following statements and answer using the codes given below.

  1. Feroz Shah Tughlaq created Diwan-e-Khairat for helping poor Muslim parents in the marriage of their daughter.
  2. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was known as the 'Prince of Moneyers.
  3. Feroz Shah Tughlaq wrote verses in Persian under the name of Ghirlakhi.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

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Who was the first ruler of Delhi Sultanate to clearly put forward the view that a state was based on willing support of the government, and the majority of the people in India were Hindus, a state in India could not be truly an Islamic state?
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Who was the first Monarch in the Delhi Sultanate, who insisted that in Doab, land revenue should be determined on the basis of measuring the land under cultivation?
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The medieval Indian ruler who wanted to conquer the whole world and gave himself the title of 'Second Alexander' was
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The part of Delhi where Qutbuddin Aibak laid the foundation of the first so called 'Seven cities' of Medieval Delhi was:
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The Rihla was written in _____.
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Consider the following statements about Iltutmish.

1. He was the first sovereign ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi.

2. He was the first sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire.

3. He created the Turkish nobility called the Chalisa or the group of forty.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?