The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c15.s1.16

c15.s1.16

The muqti was generally a resident in the province but in some cases, particularly in provinces nearer the capital, there were absentee governors who ruled through deputies (naibs), sometimes appointed by the central government³. Hindu Khan ruled Uch through his naib after he returned to court in the reign of Bahram⁴; Balban, who held the office of amir-i-hajib and later, that of the naib-i-mamlikat, which required his constant presence at the court, must have administered his iqta of Hansi and Siwalikh through such a deputy. At his dismissal in 1253