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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference Verified- Assertion (A) is true: The early Turkish Sultanate was primarily military in nature, created through conquest and maintained through armed garrisoning and martial control.
- Reason (R) is true: The Sultanate territory was partitioned into revenue-military administrative units termed Iqtas, assigned to senior Turkish military officers (Muqtis/Walies) who maintained designated armed contingents to ensure local control.
- The militarized nature of the administration directly arose from governing through these military-held Iqtas, making Reason (R) the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Early Turkish rule was militaristic because civil and military authority was vested directly in military leaders through the Iqta framework.
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