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Economic changes by alladin khalji5/2/2023 The economic regulations issued by the sultan for controlling the markets were as under: He says that sultan introduced these reforms for the general welfare of the people and these were intended to ensure the supply of important commodities for the benefit of common people as also collect food grains for the royal treasury at prescribed rates to combat famines. This view of Barni can be supplemented with that of Amir Khusru. Besides, merely for the military needs such extensive economic reforms were not needed. However, this view of Barni is debated because several commodities, for which the prices had been fixed, were of little or no use to the soldiers. Thus, economic regulations were primarily a military measure. Such a large army could not be maintained and kept content out of the normal revenues of the state, unless the prices of commodities were reduced. As per Barni, the basic objective of these reforms was to maintain a large and efficient army for keeping the Mongols in check.
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