Given below are the two statement , one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) Assertion – Iqtadari system was introduced by Iltutmish. Reason – Along with Iqta , Iltutmish also introduced Jagir system Select the correct option from the codes given below

• A. (A) is true , but (R) is false
• B. (A) is false , but (R) is true
• C. Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• D. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Answer: (A)

Iqta was introduced by Delhi sultan Iltutmish while Jagir was introduced by Mughals . Under Iqta system , the land of the empire was divided into several large and small tracts called Iqta and assigned these Iqta to his soldiers , officers and nobles.