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Alauddin Khilji Market Regulations

Alauddin Khilji implemented several market regulations in order to lower commodity prices and the salaries of his large army. He fixed prices for foodgrains, cloth, horses, cattle and slaves. He also established direct state control over the revenue from the Yamuna-Ganga region to ensure a regular supply of cheap foodgrains. These reforms helped lower army costs but placed heavy burdens on peasants by forcing them to sell crops at fixed low prices. The impact of the reforms was to give the state tight control over markets and commodity prices.

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Alauddin Khilji Market Regulations

Alauddin Khilji implemented several market regulations in order to lower commodity prices and the salaries of his large army. He fixed prices for foodgrains, cloth, horses, cattle and slaves. He also established direct state control over the revenue from the Yamuna-Ganga region to ensure a regular supply of cheap foodgrains. These reforms helped lower army costs but placed heavy burdens on peasants by forcing them to sell crops at fixed low prices. The impact of the reforms was to give the state tight control over markets and commodity prices.

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Q) Explain Alauddin Khilji’s market regulations & discuss their impact.


(APPSC GROUP 1 -2023)

● Market Reforms

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○ The Mongol invasions of Delhi had pin- pointed the need to raise a large
army to check them.

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■ But such an army would soon exhaust his treasures unless he could
lower the prices, and hence lower their salaries.

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○ Alauddin sought to fix the cost of all commodities from foodgrains, sugar
and cooking oil to a needle, and from costly imported cloth to horses, cattle,
and slave boys and girls.

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■ In order to ensure a regular supply of cheap foodgrains, he
declared that the land revenue in the Yamuna-Ganga doab region,
would be paid directly to the state, i.e. The villages in the area would
A not be assigned in iqta to anyone.

■ Further, the land revenue was raised to half of the produce.

■ By raising the state demand, and generally obliging the peasants to


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pay it in cash, the peasants were forced to sell their food grains at a
low price to banjaras who were to carry them to the towns, and to sell
them at prices fixed by the state.
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○ For this purpose, he set up three markets at Delhi - one market for
foodgrains (mandi), the second for cloth (sera-i-adl), and the third for
horses, slaves and cattle.
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○ Each market was under the control of a high officer called shahna who
maintained a register of the merchants, and strictly controlled the
shopkeepers and the prices.
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■ Shahna-i-mandi: Daily reports on market prices were collected


through market superintendents.

■ Diwan-i-Riyasat: Created for the purpose of controlling market and


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price.

■ Price control was done through an extensive intelligence network to


keep an eye on black-marketing and hoarding.
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■ Stringent penalties were imposed for price regulation violations.

○ The state itself set up warehouses and stocked them with food grains which
were released whenever there was a famine or a threat of a shortfall in
supply.

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***Along with these points, mention the impact of these reforms.

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