To promote agriculture, Muhammad Tughlaq founded which of the following new ministries?

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1. Muhammad bin Tughlaq introduced administrative measures to increase cultivation and reclaim waste/hilly lands.
2. He founded the Diwan-i-Amir-i-Kohi specifically to oversee cultivation of hill and waste lands and to promote agriculture and irrigation projects in those regions.
3. The other offices listed are unrelated to agricultural promotion:
   - Diwan-i-Arz: military department (army/pay/organization).
   - Diwan-i-Insha: chancery/official correspondence and records.
   - Diwan-i-Risalat: concerned with religious/propaganda affairs.
4. Therefore the correct choice for the ministry founded to promote agriculture is (2) Diwan-i-Amir-i-Kohi.

FINAL_ANSWER: b

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