HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Craftsmen working in state workshops
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The spy reporters
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Bodyguards of the sultan
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Officer-in-charge of state exchequer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Someone whom the Sultan holds his confidence in was appointed as Barid. He had to keep the information of everything that was happening in the Sultanate. At the local level, there were barids who used to send regular news concerning the matters of the state to the central office.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: [D] The spy / news reporters. Notes: Barid-i-mumalik was the head of the information and intelligence department. Only a nobleman who enjoyed the fullest confidence of Sultan was appointed the chief barid.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ghiyas-ud-din Balban (also known as Balban) was the Sultan who in order to forestall conspiracies banned banquets and assemblies and prepared an army of spies. He had a strong and well-organized spy system.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to Delhi Sultanate, Khalji dynasty, Barids were market officers whose job was to keep a strict watch on the prices and weights.
Detailed explanation-5: -UPSC Mains Notes: The head of the department of diwan-i-insha was Davir-i-Khas (Amir-Munshi).