Question

what was the iqta system?

Answer 1

Answer:

Iqta is defined by Kennedy as "assignment to an individual of right to collect taxes from an area or community, usually in exchange for military service."The development of the iqta system was in the first half of the tenth century and was established to relieve the state treasury when insufficient tax revenue .

Answer 2

iqta was an islamic practice of tax farming that became common in Muslim asia during, the buyid dynaist . the prominent orientalist claud cahen describe the iqta as follow: a form of administrative grant, often translated by the European word " fief "