Question

define iqta ...................​

Answer 1

Iqta' (Arabic: اقطاع‎) was an Islamic practice of tax farming that became common in Muslim Asia during the Buyid dynasty. The prominent Orientalist Claude Cahen described the Iqta' as follows: a form of administrative grant, often (wrongly) translated by the European word "fief".

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Answer 2

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During the Sultanate period, the nobles were given grants of land. This land was called Iqta. ... They collected taxes from the farmers living in theiriqta. With this money, they maintained themselves, their families and also paid the soldiers under them.