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Question
What is meant by the “internal” and “external” frontiers of the Sultanate?
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Solution
‘Internal’ frontiers of the sultanate consisted of the ‘hinterland’ of the garrison towns. The ‘external’ frontiers refer to the unconquered territories especially in the southern parts of the subcontinent.
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