The Khalji and the Tughluq monarchs appointed military commanders as governors of territories of varying sizes. These lands were called [[1]].

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The Khalji and the Tughluq monarchs appointed military commanders as governors of territories of varying sizes. These lands were called iqta. The Iqta (assignment of land revenue) and Kharaj served as the foundations for the agricultural and land revenue systems of the early Turkish Sultans. The Iqta system gave the nation an agrarian economy while allowing the ruling class to earn money without being permanently affixed to any particular region. Under the Iqta System, the empire's land was divided into a number of small and large portions called Iqta and given to his soldiers, officials, and nobles. An Iqta was initially determined by salary. It later became a hereditary status under Firoz Shah Tughluqs.

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