The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c12.266
The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c12.266
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c12.266
The attitude of the state was clearly defined by Fīrūz Shāh : "In the empire of India there are no dissenting sects, there are only *Ahl-i-sunnat wa jamā‘at*. So far as the polytheists are concerned, they live openly. Of these, those who have accepted *dhimmah* (i.e., those who have consented to become *dhimmīs*) are left free on payment of *jiziyah*; the others are those who fight, against whom we fight." *Sīrat-i-Fīrūzshāhī*, p 128.