HISTORY
SULTANS
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Question
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Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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Iltutmish
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Balban
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Razia Sultana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Balban introduced Sijdah (prostration ) and Paibos (kissing the feet of the sultan in the court) as the normal form of salutation for the Sultan. He introduced the festival of Nauroz.
Detailed explanation-2: -Balban introduced the Persian customs of sijdah and paibos or zaminbos.
Detailed explanation-3: -1) The first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the art of ‘Sijda’ was Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-1287). 2) He began Sijda (prostration) and Paibos as a regular form of the king’s salutation. To receive the Sultan, people had to kneel in Sijda and touch the ground with their heads.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. Akbar, the third Mughal emperor abolished Sijda and Paibos. He was always against slavery and Persians.