Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.103

c7.s2.t1.103

Few records show the characteristic vanity of theologians so well as their attempts to safeguard their exclusive dress. It has even been suggested by the legal compendium compiled under Firuz Tughluq that the State should take active measures in prohibiting the Hindus from wearing the distinctive dress of the Muslim theologians.⁶ We have never come across a single attempt on the part of the Hindus to justify these insertions of the *Fiqh-i-Firuzshahi*. It is extremely doubtful if such a change was comfortable or even desirable. Although dresses are undergoing modifications in Hindustan, the older male and female dresses have survived to a large extent.¹