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Imperial Authority, Benefactions and Endowments (Awqāf) in Mughal India

Imperial Authority, Benefactions and Endowments (Awqāf) in Mughal India <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Islamic theology grants temporal rulers no divine right to command. Muslim kings have often tried to win a kind of legitimacy by offering various kinds of patronage to religious notables. In the Mamluk, Ottoman and Safavi states, endowments (Awqāf) were the most common form of benefaction. The Timurids of India, however, favored other forms of grants. They did so, in part, to adjust to religious centers and networks of learned/holy men established by the Muslim rulers who had preceded them.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

Imperial Authority, Benefactions and Endowments (Awqāf) in Mughal India

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0022-4995
eISSN
1568-5209
DOI
10.1163/1568520952600425
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Islamic theology grants temporal rulers no divine right to command. Muslim kings have often tried to win a kind of legitimacy by offering various kinds of patronage to religious notables. In the Mamluk, Ottoman and Safavi states, endowments (Awqāf) were the most common form of benefaction. The Timurids of India, however, favored other forms of grants. They did so, in part, to adjust to religious centers and networks of learned/holy men established by the Muslim rulers who had preceded them.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the OrientBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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