History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.137

c12.137

⁴³ The passage in the MS. of the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* is to this effect. The king himself became the Supreme Judge and Crown Counsel. If he succeeded in convincing the *muftis* in his first argument, the accused was immediately punished, but if he failed, he thought over the matter again, and had a second discussion. If in the second discussion, he succeeded in convincing the *muftis*, the accused was punished, but if the *muftis* succeeded in worsting him, he released the accused. The passage in Badāoni substantially agrees with that in the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi*. *Muntakhab-ut-Tawārīkh*, I. (Biblioth. Ind., pp. 239-40.)