‘Fatwa-i-Jahandari’ of Ziauddin Barani is related with: (A) Advices for Muslim kings in order to earn…
Written by the fourteenth-century Delhi Sultanate chronicler Ziauddin Barani in the Nasihat-nama (Mirror for Princes) genre through twenty-four Hidayats (precepts)…
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‘Fatwa-i-Jahandari’ of Ziauddin Barani is related with:
(A) Advices for Muslim kings in order to earn religious merit and the gratitude of the subject
(B) Advices to all the kings
(C) Description of the origin of state
(D) Tenets of secularism
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Correct answer B
Written by the fourteenth-century Delhi Sultanate chronicler Ziauddin Barani in the Nasihat-nama (Mirror for Princes) genre through twenty-four Hidayats (precepts) attributed to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, the Fatawa-i-Jahandari specifically counsels Muslim rulers on how to reconcile the practical demands of royal statecraft (Zawabit) with Islamic law (Shariat) to earn religious merit in the hereafter and the gratitude of their subjects.
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