The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c8.s3.3

c8.s3.3

The Turks brought these institutions into India, adding some more offices and institutions while keeping the core intact. Ziyauddin Barani openly asserts: Consequently, it became necessary for the rulers of Islam (the Caliphs) to follow the policy of Iranian Emperors in order to ensure the greatness of True Word, the supremacy of the Muslim religion overthrow of the enemies of the Faith and maintenance of their own authority.⁸² Therefore, when Fakhr-i-Mudabbir or Ziyauddin Barani⁸³ recommend the Sassanian pattern of governance to the Sultans of Delhi,⁸⁴ they neither saw anything new nor un-Islamic in their advice.