Which of the following rulers issued copper coins named as Jittal?
A
:
Mohammad bin Tughlaq
B
:
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C
:
Iltutmish
D
:
Quli Qutub Shah
General Knowledge
Medieval History
Delhi Sultanate
Answer
Option 3 : Iltutmish
Explanation
The correct answer is Iltutmishâ.
Key Points
- Iltutmish (1211-1236):
- He succeeded to the throne after Qutub-ud-din-Aibak.
- He was the third ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, belonging to the Mamluk dynasty.
- He constituted corp of forty loyal slave Amirs known as Turkan-i-Chihalgani also called Chalisa.
- He introduced the silver coin (tanka) and cooper coin (jittal).
- He made Delhi the capital in place of Lahore.â
Additional Information
- Firoz Shah Tughlaq:
- He was the third ruler of Tughlaq dynasty that ruled over Delhi from 1351 to 1388 AD.
- He established the Diwan-i-Khairat - office for charity
- He established the Diwan-i-Bundagan -- department of slave
- He is known to establish four new towns, Firozabad, Fatehabad, Jaunpur and Hissar.
- He appointed Khan-i-Jahan Maqbal, a Telugu Brahmin convert as wazir (prime minister).
- The wazir helped the Sultan in his administration and maintained the prestige of the Sultanate during this period.
- Mohammad bin Tughlaq (1325-1351):
- He shifted his capital from Delhi to Deogir and renamed it as Daulatabad.
- Daulatabad is situated in Maharashtra.
- He built a road from Delhi to Deogir and also set up rest houses for the people.
- He introduced bronze coins of the same value as Silver coins.
- He established a new department of agriculture known as “Diwan-i-Kohi".
- He also provided agricultural loan “Takavi” to the farmers.
- Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah (1580-1612):
- He was the fifth sultan of the Qutub Shahi dynasty of Golkonda
- He founded the city of Hyderabad, in South-central India and built its architectural centrepiece, the Charminar.
- He founded the city of Hyderabad and named it as Bhagyanagar after his Hindu mistress Bhagamati.â