Question

mention any two military reforms introduced by Alauddin

Answer 1

1.For the first time army was paid in cash.

2. Three grades of soldiers, were fixed. A foot soldier was paid 156 ‘tankas’ (silver rupees) a year. The soldier with one horse was paid, 234 ‘tankas’ and with two horses 312 ‘tankas’ i.e. 78 ‘tankas’ more. In this salary, the soldier had to look after his horse/horses and other things. It is observed that the amount paid to a soldier was not a small sum for the first decade of the 14th century. During the reign of Sher Shah it was 230 ‘tankas’ i.e. 4 ‘tankas’ less. During Akbar’s time in the 16th century, it was 240 ‘tankas’ i.e. more by four ‘tankas’ only.

3. The ‘Ariz-i-Mamlik’ (Army Minister) himself recruited the soldiers of the army.

4. Ala-ud-Din was the first Sultan to keep a standing army at the centre. He did not depend upon the feudal chiefs for the supply of the soldiers.

5. Ala-ud-Din, instituted the practice of recording the ‘hulia’ (description) of individual soldier and ‘dagging’ (branding of horses). This helped to stop corrupt practices like giving inflated figures of the soldiers and horses.

6. Army was given suitable training.

Answer 2

Answer:

the military reform introduced by alauddin :

Explanation:

he imported quality horses and started the system of branding horses ( dagh) so that the soldiers could not replace them with inferior quality horses.

he also introduced the system of chehre. giving a kind of identity card for every soldiers.