Answer: The IQTA system was a one-of-a-kind land distribution and administrative system implemented during the era of Iltutmish.
- The territories of the Delhi Sultanate were split into various big and small areas called IQTA and distributed to the Sultan’s troops, commanders, and lords under the IQTA system
- The IQTA system was introduced in India by Shamsa ud-din Iltutmish, belonging to the Delhi Sultanate
- Muhammad Ghori inspired the theory
- IQTA was the allotment of earnings from a particular tract of land in exchange for services provided
- The task was assigned to Iqtadar. The Iqta system began as a necessity of early Turkish Sultans