Who among the following introduced the system of branding of horses (dagh) and maintaining descriptive rolls of soldiers (chehra)?
Alauddin Khalji
Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296-1316) undertook wide-ranging military and administrative reforms to build a large standing army for defending against Mongol invasions and for southern expeditions.
He introduced dagh, the branding of cavalry horses with a royal mark. This ensured that soldiers could not substitute a poorer-quality horse at the time of inspection or muster.
He also introduced chehra, a descriptive roll of every soldier that recorded personal identification details. This checked the practice of sending substitutes and inflated musters.
Balban strengthened the diwan-i-arz but did not introduce dagh and chehra; Iltutmish established the iqta system; Muhammad bin Tughlaq is known for token currency and the Deogir capital shift.
Hence, the dagh and chehra system was introduced by Alauddin Khalji.
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