Question

The Sultan himself used to take keen personal interest in the development of agriculture. He abolished zakat (import duty) on grain, and introduced a measurement standard, which continued to prevail till the Mughal period. Who was this Sultan?
1. Balban
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Firuz Tughlaq
4. Sikandar Lodi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Sikandar Lodi

Lodi dynasty ruled in India during the year 1451-1526. They succeeded Syyaid dynasty.

• Bahalul Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty. He died in the year 1489 and was succeeded by his son Sikandar Lodi.
• Sikandar was the greatest ruler of all the three in Lodi dynasty.
• He extended his kingdom from Bihar to Punjab and defeated many Rajput Chiefs.
• He also instituted the system of proper accounting and audit of the income and expenditure of governors and officers.
• He established the system of espionage.
• He also distributed the free rations to the poor and opened free kitchens.
• The Sultan himself used to take a keen personal interest in the development of agriculture.
• He abolished zakat (import duty) on grain, and introduced a measurement standard, which continued to prevail till the Mughal period
• Sikandar’s reign was having material prosperity. All the system of law and order, trade and commerce, agriculture and irrigation and daily life of people were in place.
• Ibrahim Lodi succeeded his father Sikandar Lodi. He was an arrogant ruler. He even insulted and humiliated his nobles openly in the court. The nobles who revolted against him were put to death.
• Babur marched to Delhi. He defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of Panipat (1526). This was the end of the Lodi dynasty. The kingdom lasted only for 75 years.