Iqta system

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The Iqta system was a medieval Islamic land revenue and military administration framework in which state-assigned land grants funded soldiers and officials in lieu of direct cash salaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fiscal institution ⓘ
land revenue system ⓘ
military-administrative system ⓘ
affects distribution of land revenue ⓘ
rural agrarian structure ⓘ
aimedToLimit central treasury burdens ⓘ
direct cash expenditure by the state ⓘ
associatedWith Abu Yusuf’s fiscal ideas ⓘ
Nizam al-Mulk’s administrative reforms ⓘ
basedOn assignment of land revenue rights ⓘ
characterizedBy non-hereditary grants in early phases ⓘ
compensates service instead of cash salary ⓘ
contrastedWith direct salary payment from treasury ⓘ
private land ownership without service obligations ⓘ
developedDuring 9th century ⓘ
documentedIn Islamic legal and fiscal treatises ⓘ
expandedDuring 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
grantsTo bureaucratic officials ⓘ
local notables ⓘ
military commanders ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
hasPurpose decentralized tax collection ⓘ
funding state officials ⓘ
funding the army ⓘ
territorial control ⓘ
includesConcept iqta land assignment ⓘ
muqta (holder of an iqta) ⓘ
influenced land revenue practices in Indo-Islamic polities ⓘ
later Ottoman timar system ⓘ
involves administrative responsibilities ⓘ
grant of revenue from specific lands ⓘ
military service obligations ⓘ
tax collection from peasants ⓘ
predecessorOf jagir system in India ⓘ
regulatedBy Islamic rulers ⓘ
central bureaucracy ⓘ
relatedTo feudal land grants ⓘ
requires periodic confirmation of grants ⓘ
registration of grants ⓘ
tendedToBecome hereditary over time in some regions ⓘ
usedIn Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
medieval Islamic world ⓘ
various Islamic sultanates ⓘ

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Inju family → originOfName → Inju (land grant or fiscal estate under the Ilkhanids) ⓘ
linked to: Iqta system