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Slice the Sultanate wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Alauddin or MuhammadRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the SultansRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Delhi Sultans bingoRead the answer and worked solution →From their mother's side the Mughals were descendants of:Read the answer and worked solution →Babur succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Babur seized Kabul in:Read the answer and worked solution →Babur defeated Rana Sanga and his Rajput allies in 1527 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Khan defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and at Kanauj in:Read the answer and worked solution →In exile, Humayun received help from the Shah of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar became emperor at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar seized the Sisodiya capital of Chittor in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals followed which custom of dividing inheritance among all sons?Read the answer and worked solution →Defeated Rajputs like the Sisodiyas got their lands back as assignments called:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the mansabdari system, rank and salary were fixed by a numerical value called:Read the answer and worked solution →A mansabdar's military duty was to maintain a specified number of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mansabdars received their salaries as revenue assignments called:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's revenue minister who surveyed crop yields and prices for ten years was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughal revenue system fixing cash tax per crop after Todar Mal's survey was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Zabt could not be applied in which provinces where land surveys were not possible?Read the answer and worked solution →Abul Fazl's three-volume history of Akbar's reign was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal provinces were called subas and each was governed by a:Read the answer and worked solution →Mehrunnisa married Jahangir and received the title Nur Jahan in:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's religious discussions with ulama, Brahmanas, Jesuits and Zoroastrians took place in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's idea of universal peace was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Bijapur was annexed by Aurangzeb in 1685 and Golconda in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mughal emperorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mughal officersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mughal accession yearsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Sultanate words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Iqta
  2. Muqti
  3. Bandagan
  4. Kharaj
  5. Tawarikh
Instructions
Slice only the words of Sultanate administration. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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Alauddin or Muhammad

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Upper category
Alauddin
Lower category
Muhammad
Items
  1. Category
    Alauddin
    Item
    Siri
  2. Category
    Alauddin
    Item
    Prices
  3. Category
    Alauddin
    Item
    Defence
  4. Category
    Alauddin
    Item
    1296
  5. Category
    Muhammad
    Item
    Daulatabad
  6. Category
    Muhammad
    Item
    Token
  7. Category
    Muhammad
    Item
    Kashmir
  8. Category
    Muhammad
    Item
    1324
Instructions
Send each clue to Alauddin Khalji's track or Muhammad Tughluq's track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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Sort the Sultans

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Items
  1. Group
    Turkish
    Item
    Aybak
  2. Group
    Turkish
    Item
    Iltutmish
  3. Group
    Turkish
    Item
    Raziyya
  4. Group
    Khalji
    Item
    Jalaluddin
  5. Group
    Khalji
    Item
    Alauddin
  6. Group
    Khalji
    Item
    Siri
  7. Group
    Tughluq
    Item
    Muhammad
  8. Group
    Tughluq
    Item
    Firuz
  9. Group
    Tughluq
    Item
    Daulatabad
Groups
  1. Item
    Turkish
  2. Item
    Khalji
  3. Item
    Tughluq
Instructions
Drop each name onto the early Turkish, Khalji or Tughluq dynasty.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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