Sultan Alauddin Khilji (ruled 1296-1316) implemented stringent measures to increase state revenue and control the economy. One of his significant agrarian reforms was raising the land revenue demand (khiraj) to fifty percent (ardh) of the produce, particularly in the fertile Doab region. He also introduced land measurement (masahat) as the basis for assessment.
Sultan who raised the land revenue to fifty percent of the produce was
Asked in UKPSC CS Prelims 2016 · Topic: Delhi Sultanate: Administration (Revenue Administration and Land Systems (Kharaj, Jizya, Zakat, Khums, Methods of Collection))
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