The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c8.s1.12

c8.s1.12

The disabilities the Hindus suffered under this Islamic or *Shariat* law are clearly mentioned in the Quran, the Hadis and the *Hidaya*. It would be the best to go through these works as suggested in Chapter 2. However, these are also summarised in the *Encyclopaedia of Islam*,³¹ T.P. Hughess *Dictionary of Islam*,³² N.P. Aghnidess *Muhammadan Theories of Finance*,³³ Blochmanns translation of the *Ain-i-Akbari*,³⁴ Ziyauddin Baranis *Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi*³⁵ and a host of other Persian chronicles, and there is no need to repeat here *zimmi*, *kharajguzar*, *jiziyah* syndrome. The fact to be noted is that Shariat law continued to prevail throughout the medieval period.