The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c9.68

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Muslim rulers as a general rule did not like the custom. Humayun wanted to prohibit it in the case of the widows, who had passed the child-bearing age (*J. A. S. B.*, 1935, p. 76). He, however, could not take any adequate steps in the matter. In the 22nd year of his reign Akbar translated his opposition to the custom into action by appointing inspectors to see that no force was used to compel widows to burn themselves against their will. As a consequence, Satīs became rare in the territories contiguous to Agra.