How did Alauddin Khilji regulates the market ? 5 marks
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Alauddin fixed the prices for a wide range of goods, including grains, cloth, slaves and animals. ... He banned hoarding and regrating, appointed supervisors and spies to ensure compliance with the regulations, and severely punished the violators.
Each market was put under the charge of a Shuhna or controller of market, and all merchants were to be registered with the state. The sultan received daily reports for the markets from the three independent sources – Shuhna, barids (intelligence officers) and munshis (secret spies).
In order to compensate for salaries that he had cut and fixed for Muslim officials and soldiers, Alauddin introduced price controls on all agriculture produce, goods, livestocks and slaves in kingdom, as well as controls on where, how and by whom these could be sold
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Alauddin fixed the prices for a wide range of goods, including grains, cloth, slaves and animals. ... He banned hoarding and regrating, appointed supervisors and spies to ensure compliance with the regulations, and severely punished the violators.
Family: Khalji dynasty
Kingdom: Delhi Sultanate