[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928) › v3.c29.102 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.102 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.102 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c29.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c29.102) During the short reign of Ismā'īl all power in Ahmadnagar was in the hands of Jamāl Khān, a native Muslim who was followed by the Deccani party. He belonged to a sect which then, in the closing years of the tenth century of the era of the \*Hijra\*, had some vogue. These heretics were the \*Mahdavīs\*, who confidently expected the manifestation, in the year 1000 of the Islamic era, of the \*Mahdī\*, the twelfth \*Imām\*, who was to establish Islam throughout the world. Jamāl Khān disestablished the state religion and persecuted both orthodox Sunnis and heterodox Shiahs. - [Previous: v3.c29.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c29.101) - [Next: v3.c29.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c29.103) - [Up: v3.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c29.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c29.102) · Pramāṇa