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Revision note: Sultanate Administration, Economy, Society and Indo-Islamic Culture

  • Ministers: Wazir (finance), Ariz-i-Mumalik (Diwan-i-Arz, military), Sadr-us-Sudur (religion), Qazi-ul-Quzat (justice), Barid (intelligence)
  • Iqta → shiq (shiqdar) → pargana (amil) → village (khut, muqaddam, patwari); khalisa land
  • Taxes: kharaj, jizya, khams, zakat; Persian wheel, charkha, paper, hundi
  • Architecture: true arch/dome, lime mortar, calligraphy, arabesque; Qutb Minar, Alai Darwaza (first dome), Balban's tomb (first arch), Lodi double dome, battered walls of Tughlaqs
  • Amir Khusrau (Khazain-ul-Futuh, Nuh Sipihr), Barani, Minhaj (Tabaqat-i-Nasiri), Isami
  • Regional styles: Jaunpur (Atala), Bengal (Adina), Gujarat, Mandu
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