In Ibn Battuta's account, the horse-post was called uluq and the foot-post was called:
AKist
BDawa
CUluq
DQazi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Dawa
1. Horse posts stood every four miles.
2. The foot-post dawa had three stations a mile.
3. News reached the Sultan in five days.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 5, Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society._
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